Seffi Kogen

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Jan 3, 2020, 5:46 AM

Wear your Jewish pride

Time for us to strut our Jewish stuff: On Monday, every American Jew should rock a kippah, flash a magen david or don a Hebrew T-shirt

Feb 8, 2015, 11:35 AM

Yitro’s lesson for Bibi

Prime Minister Netanyahu, who fashions himself this generation’s Winston Churchill, should consider instead taking a page from a much earlier philo-Semite, one who ensured the survival of the Jewish people through a carefully leveraged relationship, rather than by capitalizing...

Jan 20, 2015, 9:53 AM

The 86th Victim

On July 18, 1994, a truck bomb went off outside the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds more. Since his appointment as Argentine Special Prosecutor, responsible for investigating this crime, Alberto...

Jan 1, 2015, 10:32 AM

Be careful what you wish for

The Palestinian move to join the International Criminal Court is one more step away from resolving the conflict

Oct 21, 2013, 6:07 PM

Sleight of Hand: Reflections from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Centennial

This past week I attended the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Centennial Celebration, commemorating the 100th anniversary of its founding by Solomon Schechter. The event attempted to look forward to the future of the Conservative movement, considered imperiled by...

Jun 25, 2012, 3:00 AM

Lost in translation

We need Hebrew to engage with our past, to connect to our fellow Jews in the present, and to preserve the future of our people

Jun 17, 2012, 5:01 PM

The endangered conversation

A recent study conducted among New York Jews reveals a growing well of silence about what it means to be Jewish

Jun 11, 2012, 11:13 PM

The disappearing legion

Why is it that at Columbia University, a school with one of the strongest, most vibrant Jewish populations anywhere in the world, Israel seems to be the farthest thing from anyone's minds?

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About Me

Seffi Kogen is Global Director of Young Leadership for AJC, coordinating the organization’s activities for the rising generations of American Jews. He is also the host of People of the Pod, AJC and the Times of Israel's weekly podcast, which can be found at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod and on your phone’s podcast app.