Reserve / Release: Jewish Wealth, Philanthropy, and the Disruptive Potential of Shemita

Lila Corwin Berman is Chair of American Jewish History at Temple University, where she directs the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History. She is the author of The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution, which has been awarded prizes from the Organization of American Historians and the American Jewish Historical Society.

Danielle Durchslag is an artist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. The great-granddaughter of Nathan Cummings, she was born into what she describes as a "Jewish Dynasty." In her art, she explores the psychological and political complexitites of the world of American Jewish wealth in which she grew up.