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Books We’re Reading Now

Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau

Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage by Jarrod Shannahan

The Family Roe: An American Story by Joshua Prager

The Prophet of the Andes by Graciela Mochkofsky

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

Dirt by Bill Buford

Invisible Child by Andrea Elliot

Juneteenth by Annette Gordon Reed

Local newspapers are on life support; banks could provide the cure they need

AMERICAN BANKER—March 10, 2023—Community news organizations are often integral to the vitality of a community. Studies, and common sense, have indicated that communities that lack good local news have less civic involvement, more corruption, higher taxes and lower voter turnout.…

One Percent of the Budget for Parks? A Bargain, Says a Nonprofit

NEW YORK TIMES—March 13, 2023—How much for parks? That was the subtext of a conversation with Adam Ganser, whose answer puts him at odds with Mayor Eric Adams, and it was hardly surprising. Ganser is the executive director of New Yorkers…

Identity/Crisis Podcast

SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE—In a frenzied media cycle, Identity/Crisis delves into the big ideas behind the news from a uniquely Jewish perspective. Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events effecting…