A Jewish Book Council Virtual Author Talk by Senator Ron Wyden
Thursday, January 30 at 7pm on Zoom
Click here to register in advance for this free event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAld-uorzsuH9IBK9QeFnm6FwTeqBrs0WJH
What critics are saying:
"For decades, my friend Ron Wyden has been a relentless force for finding creative solutions to break the gridlock in Washington debates, from health care to climate to civil rights to taxes and safeguarding our democracy. He starts with how best to improve the lives of people, and works backwards from there. He's a fellow wonk who gets things done, and this book is a great guide to that work."―Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th U.S. Secretary of State
“Chutzpah rules! -- both as Sen. Wyden’s eight norms of effective leadership and advocacy, and as a leitmotif for what America’s extraordinary challenges calls for from people of conscience of all religions and none. By transforming into universal tools of social transformation the age old Jewish cultural and ethical values of chutzpah and tikkun olam, values that inspired and guided him through his fascinating journey to become one of the U.S Senate’s most effective and influential figures, he has crafted a memoir and the call to action that America needs.”―Rabbi David Sapperstein, Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Join this event:
Everyone is invited to hear Senator Ron Wyden in conversation about this new book. It Takes Chutzpah is an inspirational call to action by a senior U.S. politician, describing how Americans of all age groups, persuasions, and occupations can defy convention, chart new pathways for their communities, schools, at work and in life. Senator Wyden is widely praised for coming up with sensible-sounding ideas no one else had thought of and making the counter-intuitive political alliances that prove helpful in passing bills. In It Takes Chutzpah, he offers a progressive leader’s manifesto for being a courageous warrior during turbulent times. Ron explores chutzpah’s long history and many interpretations and reclaims the word chutzpah for a new American generation, showing how it can be used for good to reclaim idealism and enact positive change. He shares “Ron’s 12 Rules of Chutzpah” that enable any individual or group to achieve their objectives
About the author:
Ron Wyden, a Democratic Senator from Oregon, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 until his 1995 election to the U.S. Senate. Oregonians — and all attentive Americans — know Wyden as a senator who listens and innovates. The son of two refugees from Nazi Germany, he was born in Wichita and lived in Chicago, St. Louis, and Washington D.C., as his father Peter Wyden, a journeyman journalist and later a best-selling author, pursued his career and curiosity.