Manny’s: Is _______ Good For Jews? Presented by The J. & Forward

Is _______ good for the Jews?

San Francisco

The Jewish press

Antisemitism

Adam Sandler

Burning Man

Join David A.M. Wilensky of J. The Jewish News of Northern California and Forward Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren as they debate these critical questions — and bring your own queries for our esteemed journalists!

David Wilensky is director of news product for J., which covers the range of Jewish life in the Bay Area. He has been at J. since 2015 and was editor of New Voices Magazine before that. He staunchly defends Hanukkah as the best Jewish holiday, boldly claiming that “anyone who says otherwise hates fun.”

Jodi Rudoren, is top editor at the Forward, America’s leading independent Jewish news organization, whose investigative reporting, opinion, and cultural coverage in English and Yiddish reflects and celebrates the diversity of America’s Jewish communities. As a former Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times and the mother of twin teenagers, she is accustomed to fierce debates (and believes Sukkot is the best Jewish holiday).