I currently contribute to. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and former President of the Supreme Court of Israel Dorit Beinisch join NPR's Nina Totenberg for a historic “meeting of the minds” of two judicial stateswomen and pioneers as they reflect on their professional journeys, … “Susan Engel, director of 92Y Talks, had the privilege of producing her events. Featuring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jane Ginsburg, James Steven Ginsburg, Nina Totenberg, Clara Spera and Gloria Steinem. Who: Ruth Bader Ginsburg interviewed by Nina Totenberg What: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg When: January 28, 2010 Where: 92nd Street Y Thumbs: Up, in the Majority. ‘RBG was an amazing human being,’ she said. Cast and credits. Her father was a Polish Jewish immigrant, who lost many of his family members in the Holocaust. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg reports. Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg speak during the Cinema Cafe with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Nina Totenberg during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Filmmaker Lodge on January 21, 2018 in Park City, Utah. The Supreme Court justice died Friday at the age of 87 due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Every time she spoke, you felt you were in the presence of greatness — the energy in the room was palpable, the applause when she walked onstage, the genuine admiration and adoration, her soft-spoken voice revealing hard worn experience of a life of fighting for human rights and gender equality, and never giving up. In a 2019 interview, NPR's Nina Totenberg asked Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg if she had any regrets. I write for many top newspapers, magazines and websites worldwide, covering the arts and every aspect of travel--business, leisure and online. The Women of NPR, When NPR Was a Start-Up The New York Times - Zoe Greenberg • 5d. Nina Totenberg was born in Manhattan, New York, the eldest daughter of Melanie Francis (Eisenberg), a real estate broker, and violinist Roman Totenberg. As the name of my blog post, T & E, suggests, I write about travel, the arts and entertainment for Forbes.com. A Jewish teaching says that those who die just before the Jewish new year are the ones God has held back until the last moment because they were needed most, and were the most righteous.”, I write for many top newspapers, magazines and websites worldwide, covering the arts and every aspect of travel--business, leisure and online. Her mother was of German Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, from an upper-class family that had lived in San Francisco and New York. She has fondly been described as “The Notorious RBG” based on another Brooklynite’s moniker, rapper “The Notorious BIG.” According to Justice Ginsburg’s friend of 50 years, NPR’s Nina Totenberg, she loved being called this and so I will refer to her as RBG here. Nina Totenberg | NPR | September 18, 2020. In this lively conversation with NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg, Justice Ginsburg discusses growing up in … Ginsburg, 92Y said, “came of age at a time when girls were expected to marry lawyers; after graduating law school she was unable to find work in a legal practice. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 21: NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (L) and Associate ... [+] Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg speak during the Cinema Cafe with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Nina Totenberg during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Filmmaker Lodge on January 21, 2018 in Park City, Utah. In many she speaks with her long-time colleague Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR. Some of these talks are available online today for her admirers to listen to and learn from. The Museum of the City of New York was honored to recently host Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at The New York Academy of Medicine. Strange things are afoot at Cinema Café. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images). ‘Here was someone who had reached the highest levels of public service in the judiciary, and was herself so accessible to the people. In 2019 Ginsburg spoke at 92Y with financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein. Totenberg remembered her 48-year friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and discussed the Supreme Court justice’s life and legacy. See details. Every day in the Filmmaker Lodge, Cinema Café invigorates the culture of conversation. In an interview conducted for WLIW in New York that was aired on PBS in January 2019 and is available now on PBS Passport, the two women discussed Ginsburg’s then quarter-century on the Supreme Court and her continuing commitment to principled dissent. In February, 1973, just 11 months after the Senate had passed the Equal Rights Amendment, Ginsburg, then a young Columbia Law School professor, gave a talk at 92Y called “Women and the Law.” Case by case, she took her audience through the ways in which the laws of the day discriminated against women on the basis of sex. Actors. Her death at age 87 thrust the Supreme Court vacancy into the spotlight of the presidential campaign. "And she did it before she became a Supreme Court justice.” Her … Her last visit to our stage was just over a year ago to this very day. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist … Nevertheless, she became the first tenured woman at Columbia Law School; a trailblazer in the fight against discrimination; and the first Jewish female Supreme Court Justice. “The first time Ruth Bader Ginsberg graced our stage was in 1973, for a lecture entitled “Women and the Law.” She returned several times, for conversations with the likes of Walter Mondale, Nina Totenberg, Dorit Beinisch, and David Rubenstein. I currently contribute to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Architectural Digest and Metropolis, and have written for ARTnews, Conde Nast Traveler, Food & Wine, Smithsonian and many others. This information is shared with social media, sponsorship, analytics, and other vendors or service providers. She was always so gracious, treating people with respect and interest, taking time to talk with children and young adults. Nina Totenberg Recounts RBG's Inadvertent "Leak" From This Term "Of course, she hadn't told me anything about what the court had decided, only that I would find out in about 12 hours." RUTH BADER GINSBURG: And my dream is that I will stay at the court as long as he did. You may opt-out by. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a native New Yorker famously from Brooklyn, spoke often in her hometown. She was an icon, a role model, an inspiration for what one person can do to change the world.’, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed on Erev (the day before) Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). Join me on Twitter @Jane_L_Levere. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a native New Yorker famously from Brooklyn, spoke often in her hometown. If you click “Agree and Continue” below, you acknowledge that your cookie choices in those tools will be respected and that you otherwise agree to the use of cookies on NPR’s sites. You can adjust your cookie choices in those tools at any time. Synopsis: The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an … NPR’s sites use cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about the device you use to access our sites (together, “cookies”) to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, personalize messages from NPR’s sponsors, provide social media features, and analyze NPR’s traffic. RBG gives us privileged access to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's exceptional life and career as a long-standing U.S. Supreme Court Justice, champion of women's rights and pop culture icon. © 2021 Forbes Media LLC. In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, one of the most popular stories NPR produced was a 9-minute essay by Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina … Totenberg met Ginsburg 50 years ago when she first started covering the court. Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Washington Performing Arts She is the widow of U.S. You may click on “Your Choices” below to learn about and use cookie management tools to limit use of cookies when you visit NPR’s sites. SUSAN, LINDA, NINA & COKIE The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR By Lisa Napoli When Nina Totenberg was a young reporter hustling for bylines in the 1960s, she pitched a … After Ginsburg’s death, 92Y reminisced about her, her visits there and the inspiration she provided “across the generations.”. In 2014 92Y held a conversation among Ginsburg, Totenberg and Dorit Beinisch, the first female president of the Supreme Court of Israel, who held this position from 2006 until her retirement in 2012. Some of these talks are available online today for … In her moral certitude and her embrace of the power of dissent, she inspired us across the generations. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg quite simply changed the way the world is for American women,” Totenberg said. A legal visionary, her achievements in advancing the cause of equality under law are monumental. TOTENBERG: She didn't quite make it. Collapse. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. Gloria Steinem, Nina Totenberg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg… Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who, in her 80s, became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died today. 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