Annual Symposium on Positive Aging

The Annual Symposium on Positive Aging, a signature event of the JCC's Wechsler Center for Modern Aging, aims to inspire older adults to live their lives to the fullest while pursuing the years ahead with purpose, meaning, and fulfillment.

Lesley Stahl

Ms. Stahl has worked at CBS News since 1972, when she covered the Watergate scandal during the Nixon Administration. She was the CBS White House Correspondent during the Carter, Reagan and much of the George HW Bush years. From 1972-91 she also moderated Face the Nation on Sunday mornings. She has been at 60 Minutes since 1991. While there she has authored two books: “Reporting Live" and "Becoming Grandma." She and her late husband, the author and screenwriter Aaron Latham, have a daughter and two granddaughters.

Abigail Pogrebin

Abigail Pogrebin has been the host of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan's conversation series What Everyone's Talking About since 2009. She is the author of three books, Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish, One and the Same, and My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew, which was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award. A former producer for legendary broadcast journalists including Fred Friendly and Mike Wallace, she has also written for The Atlantic, New York, The Forward, and Tablet. In addition to her role at the JCC, she moderates conversations for The Streicker Center and Central Synagogue, where she has served as congregational president.