We are pleased to announce the August Writers In Residences (WIR ) author program featuring award-winning historian author James Loeffler speaking about his book Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight Over Free Speech in Modern America. This program will be the first in the 7th season of the WIR series.
Please consider registering for this program, the details of which are below, both in text and in greater detail in the accompanying flier. The Zoom registration link can be found beneath the flier. Additionally at the very bottom of this email are .png and .pdf attachments of the WIR 7th season flier.
"From the crucible of his encounter with the 2017 antisemitic Charlottesville march, the leading historian of Jews in his generation recounts how pivotal the Jewish experience has been to America's commitment to free speech and struggle with hate speech. No other book shows both the power and limits of law's confrontation with hatred and the contradictions it exposes at liberalism's core. A masterpiece."
―Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself
―Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself
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author - James Loeffler
book - Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight Over Free Speech in Modern America
Metropolitan Books, August 25, 2026. https://www.amazon.com/
when - Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m., ET
moderator- Joel Eigen
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As always, the program is:
-free of charge
-virtual, via Zoom; registration is required. The registration
Reading the books ahead of time - or being Jewish - is not necessary to attend and enjoy all programs in the WIR series.
Thank you in advance for helping to spread the word about this event by sending this information to your members, friends and family. The easiest way to let others know is to forward this email with the flier and the registration link.
Please note: Although the WIR website, including the donation link, is not yet available, if you value what WIR offers to you, we ask you to please consider making a donation to the WIR series either by sponsoring one of the 6 programs for $136.00 in memory or in honor of a person or people important in your lives, or by making a donation in any amount to the series. Even though all authors, moderators and the WIR coordinators are not paid for their services, there are considerable costs involved in presenting the series - membership in the Jewish Book Council enabling the authors to appear free of charge, PR for the program, the books provided to the moderators as well as costs associated with the WIR webpages on the JCAL website. Information on donating can be found below the flier and Zoom registration link.
Additionally, please contact us with names and e-addresses you would like us to add to the WIR mailing list.
We look forward to you joining us on Sunday, August 30 at 7:00 pm, ET.
For questions concerning the WIR series in general or the August program in particular, please feel free to contact us.
Thank you for your continued support for and interest in the WIR author programs.
Sponsor: JCAL