Free Virtual Event
BEN HECHT: FIGHTING WORDS, MOVING PICTURES
A Conversation with Adina Hoffman
Ace reporter, celebrated playwright, taboo-busting novelist, and “the greatest of American screenwriters” (according to The New Yorker), Ben Hecht wrote the Hollywood we know today. In this exploration of Hecht’s life and work, we’ll explore his most notable screenplays, as well as his role as an outspoken crusader for Jewish communities around the world. Whatever the outrage he stirred, this renaissance man and self-declared “child of the century” came to embody much that defined America — especially Jewish America — in his time.
This event will be recorded. The recording will be posted at jewishlives.org/video within 2 weeks after the event.
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About the Speakers
Rabbi Charles Savenor is the Director of Congregational Education at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. Rabbi Savenor came to PAS from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), where he served as the Director of Kehilla (Congregational) Development (2011 to present) and as Executive Director of its Metropolitan New York District (2008-2011). Prior to USCJ, Rabbi Savenor was the Associate Dean and Director of Admissions at the Jewish Theological Seminary (2001-2008) and Associate Rabbi at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago (1996-2001). Rabbi Savenor’s writing has appeared in the Jewish Week, Hadassah Magazine, and the Jerusalem Post.
Adina Hoffman is an award-winning essayist and biographer. The author of four books, including Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City and My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century, she lives in Jerusalem and New Haven.