February 04, 2025 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Congregation Emanu El welcomes published author Matti Friedman as the second speaker of the 2024-2025 Endowment Speaker Series.
Matti Friedman is a journalist and the award-winning author of four works of non-fiction, most recently, Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai.
Matti’s work as a reporter has taken him from Israel to Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow, the Caucasus, and Washington, DC. A former Associated Press correspondent and essayist for the New York Times opinion section, he currently writes a monthly feature for Tablet Magazine. His writing has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, the Atlantic, and elsewhere.
The Emanu El Endowment Speaker Series is made possible by Nathan Berg Lecture Series Fund, Caplovitz Lectureship Fund, Eleanor & Frank Freed Fund, and Helen & Harry Reichek Fund.
