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Four Critical Challenges Within the American Jewish Community with Professor Robert Mnookin

Mar 24, 2023

Rabbi Mark speaks with Professor Robert H. Mnookin about the modern Jewish identity in America in celebration of the paperback release of his book, The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World. Together they discuss four critical challenges that the modern American Jew comes across when it comes to their community.

Professor Mnookin flips the narrative and asks Rabbi Mark about his history, before the interview continues with anecdotes from Professor Mnookin's experience as a negotiator and his reflections on current events.

Robert H. Mnookin is the Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and for twenty-five years served as the Chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. He directs the Harvard Negotiation Research Project. A leading scholar in the field of conflict resolution, Professor Mnookin has applied his interdisciplinary approach to negotiation and conflict resolution to a remarkable range of problems; both public and private.

Professor Mnookin has written or edited ten books and numerous scholarly articles. His most recent books include Kissinger the Negotiator (with James K. Sebenius and R. Nicholas Burns); and Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight.

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