At GA event, Harvard professor looks to history for optimism in society

High-dollar donors at the Jewish Federations of North America’s first all-virtual General Assembly tuned into a special event Monday evening featuring political scientist Robert Putnam, author of the recently released The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again. Putnam, a convert to Judaism, drilled down into some of the ideas showcased in his latest book, which tracks a century’s worth of cultural and societal trends. Read more.