December 19th, 2021 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – The recording o the class can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/9Zrn9k0050s. The Kibbutz – long seen as an exemplar of Israeli social innovation – has undergone a metamorphosis – from the “classic” stage of the early kibbutz movement to the present stage of the “renewed kibbutz.” A Study Center webinar, presented by Israeli sociologist, emeritus professor […]
January 30th, 2022 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – A recording of this class is at https://youtu.be/ZhSpm9I0qxU . Russia continues to intrigue and concern us. Given the rich and complex Jewish history in the Russian Empire under the Czars, in Soviet times, and now with Vladimir Putin at the country’s helm, Jewish life in the Russian Federation remains a subject of great interest. The […]
February 3rd, 2022 – March 3rd, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – The recording of session #1 is at: https://youtu.be/M7sNl90Pgw8 . The recording of session #2 is at: https://youtu.be/Wfj3RPQZpAc The recording of session #3 is at: https://youtu.be/LSc3vo-Xa6c The recording of session #4 is at: https://youtu.be/NHwc6I26aKU Transcripts of the sessions are at: 22W2 Pirkei Avos – Pathways to Life – Google Drive Information about the DC chapter […]
February 23rd, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – A recording of this class is at https://youtu.be/3ottKGXS-Zs. To learn more about the Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) see http://www.cajm.net/. To join as an Individual Member of CAJM visit http://www.cajm.net/join and to make a donation to CAJM visit http://www.cajm.net/our-supporters. Over the past several decades, Jewish museums have spread across America. Bringing them together […]
February 27th, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – The recording of the Roots presentation is at: https://youtu.be/v00qC2sM5-M The Roots website where you can donate or subscribe to its newsletter is at https://www.FriendsOfRoots.NET . Hanan Schlesinger’s website is http://www.ravhanan.org/palestinian-israeli-reconciliation.htm . Zionist settler Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Palestinian Noor Awad will share the ways that their own narratives were fundamentally challenged and ultimately expanded to […]
March 2nd, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm – Recording of this class is at https://youtu.be/PkTgEuwZ2YE. Beverly’s website: www.beverlygray.com Beverly’s blog: www.beverlyinmovieland.com The names of Beverly’s books (available from your local bookstore or online from Amazon) Roger Corman: Blood-Sucking Vampires, Flesh-Eating Cockroaches, and Driller Killers Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon . . . and Beyond Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: […]
March 9th, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The recording of the 2022 Latke-Hamentash Debate is at https://youtu.be/ChYKEZ0PL_o Our annual Max Ticktin Memorial Latke-Hamentashen Debate is always a very popular event! Watch our humorous moderator and distinguished panelists conduct a scholarly, but absurdist, symposium that addresses the eternal conundrum: “Which are better, latkes or hamentashen?” […]
March 10th, 2022 – March 31st, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – Recording of Session #1 is at: https://youtu.be/yI86Cz-ESlI Recording of Session #2 is at: https://youtu.be/ojSDml_Cm88 Recording of Session #3 is at: https://youtu.be/GG0jBgy5GmE Recording of Session #4 is at: https://youtu.be/gjNcguFbAo0 The materials posted in class and the chat from Session 4 are at 22W7 Mishnah Berachot – Google Drive How should Jews pray? How can we […]
March 23rd, 2022 – April 6th, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – The recording of session #1 is at: https://youtu.be/QjnTEJ9DHNs The recording of session #2 is at https://youtu.be/nDCKGULTHZU The recording of session #3 is at https://youtu.be/IDZckAS1Hpo The Jews of Tin Pan Alley: An exploration of the lives and music of celebrated Jewish songwriters, whose achievements would come to dominate that body of work known as the […]
May 11th, 2022 – May 18th, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – Jeff Metzger’s maternal family founded Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, which played an important role in scientific publishing in Germany in the early 20th century. It published many of the world’s most important scientists, including Nobel laureates Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Werner Heisenberg, Max von Laue, Wilhelm Ostwald and Svante Arrhenius. Follow Jeff’s fascinating story of Einstein’s […]
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