Step Into a Moment That Changed Ayn Rand’s Life
Celebrate Ayn Rand’s birthday with a look at her 21st birthday in Berlin—on her way to enter the United States for the first time.
Join ARI’s leaders for a live conversation reflecting on the Institute’s founding, its achievements to date, and the vision guiding its next forty years.
This year, the Ayn Rand Institute celebrates 40 years of championing reason, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism—and President and CEO Tal Tsfany, Chief Philosophy Officer Onkar Ghate, and Chairman of the Board Yaron Brook are gathering for a roundtable discussion moderated by Senior Vice President Elan Journo.
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Before Ayn Rand became a bestselling novelist and the originator of Objectivism, she was a young immigrant determined to reach a free country where she could build the life she envisioned. In 1926 in Berlin—just moments after receiving legal authorization to enter the United States—Rand later recalled feeling like she was “walking on air… literally not touching the ground.” It was an emotional turning point in her escape from Soviet Russia.
Join ARI’s leaders for a live conversation reflecting on the Institute’s founding, its achievements to date, and the vision guiding its next forty years.
This year, the Ayn Rand Institute celebrates 40 years of championing reason, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism—and President and CEO Tal Tsfany, Chief Philosophy Officer Onkar Ghate, and Chairman of the Board Yaron Brook are gathering for a roundtable discussion moderated by Senior Vice President Elan Journo.
Sign up for this special live online event where we’ll look at ARI’s achievements, share stories, and discuss the bold future we’re building together.
Celebrate. Reflect. Join us in advancing reason.
During this special birthday event, Brandon Lisi and Agustina Vergara Cid explore:
- The pivotal moment Ayn Rand learned she could finally enter America
- Her birthday in Berlin, including the movie-star photographs she purchased and treasured
- How her immigrant journey shaped her ideas, her art, and her fight for individual freedom
- Rare archival materials from ARI’s collections
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer interviews Agustina Vergara Cid and Brandon Lisi about their new article: “’I Chose to Be an American:’ Ayn Rand’s Immigration Story.”