A New Platform for Jewish Conversation and Community, where ideas are exchanged, diverse voices are heard, and community is built, one conversation at a time.
Tues, April 28 @ 7:00 PM | JCC Columbus
Acclaimed lecturer and teacher, Professor Pamela Nadell is the author of America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today (W.W. Norton), winner of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award—Jewish Book of the Year. The book was also published in Hebrew. Her new book Antisemitism, an American Tradition, investigates the dark history of how this hate threaded across the American past from colonial times to today. Already acclaimed as “the book that the world needs now,” Antisemitism, an American Tradition will be published on October 14, 2025 (W.W. Norton) and was supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars Award. She has testified before Congress three times and was the fourth witness in the congressional hearing with the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and University of Pennsylvania. Her other books include Women Who Would be Rabbis: A History of Women’s Ordination, 1889-1985, a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award in Women’s Studies.
Pamela earned a doctorate at Ohio State University, a B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers University, and studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Mon, May 11 @ 7:00 PM | JCC Columbus
From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Volunteer, the powerful true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.
At the end of the Nuremberg trial in 1946, some of the greatest war criminals in history were sentenced to death, but hundreds of thousands of Nazi murderers and collaborators remained at large. The Allies were ready to overlook their pasts as the Cold War began, and the horrors of the Holocaust were in danger of being forgotten.
In a time when the history of the Holocaust is taken for granted, The Prosecutor reveals the courtroom battles that were fought to establish its legacy and the personal cost of speaking out. The result is a searing portrait of a nation emerging from the ruins of fascism and one man’s courage in forcing his people––and the world––to face the truth.
Sarah Hurwitz, Author & Former White House Speechwriter
Thurs, Oct 16, 2025
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Danielle Sharkan, Author w/ Illustrator Selina Aiko
Family Friendly Event
Sun, Jan 25, 2026
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Gramercy Books is the official book seller for JChats. Books will be available at each event for purchase.
All details and dates are subject to change at any time.
Why Support JChats? Your sponsorship brings powerful Jewish programming to life — helping to fund top-tier speakers, keep events accessible, and foster connection across our community.
We’re proud to launch JChats with the generous partnership support of the Carol Folkerth Fund for Jewish Inspiration, and invite others to join in sustaining this meaningful new initiative.
Sponsorship Levels & Benefits Subject to Change
Visionary Thinker – $10,000
8 reserved seating tickets per event
Access to pre-event VIP receptions
Prominent name/logo recognition on stage, screen and website
Inspiration Builder – $5,000
6 reserved seating tickets per event
Access to pre-event VIP receptions
Name/logo recognition on stage, screen and website
Learning Leader – $2,500
4 reserved seating tickets per event
Access to pre-event VIP receptions
Recognition on screen and website
Community Connector – $1,000
2 tickets per event
Access to pre-event VIP receptions
Recognition on screen and website
Conversation Starter – $500
4 complimentary event tickets
Recognition on website
Questions? Contact Eva Golden at egolden@columbusjcc.org
Thank you to our 2025-26 Sponsors
Visionary thinker
Carol Folkerth Fund for Jewish Inspiration
Inspiration Builder
Learning Leader
Jennie and Seth Cammeyer
Carol and Jeff Folkerth
Ginny and Mike Schlonsky
The Ticho Fund
Community Connector
Clemy and Bob Keidan
Andrew Smith and Lavea Brachman
Rose Kaplan Fund for Youth Literacy
Sarah and Michael Blumenfeld
Melissa and Ronnie Conn
Lewin Family / Hamilton Parker
Julie and Doug Cohen
Laura and Adam Weiser
Sunny and Mark Masser
Amy Grace and Doug Ulman
Carol and Rob Steiner
Leslie and Kurt Malkoff
The New Albany Company
Rose Caplan Endowment for Youth Literacy
Denise and mike klapper
Janice and Clayton Rhodes
Ohio holocaust & genocide memorial and education commission
Lisa newmark and arnie good
Karen and jon meyer
Conversation Starter
Rose Luttinger
Sarah and rick meizlish
marcy and mark ungar
Updated 12.8.2025