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Upcoming Lectures

Below is a chronological listing of individual lectures offered by Siegal Lifelong Learning. Click on the lecture titles below for the full lecture description, pricing and registration.

ORIGINS SCIENCE SCHOLARS: WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY QUANTUM COMPUTING

Lecturer(s):
Deyan Mihaylov
Tuesday November 12 | 5:30-8 p.m. ET

THE LAST OF THE ROMANOVS (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Susan Cannavino
Friday November 15 | 12:00PM to 1:30PM ET

ORIGINS SCIENCE SCHOLARS: WHAT WILL QUANTUM COMPUTING DO FOR ME?

Lecturer(s):
Deyan Mihaylov
Tuesday November 19 | 5:30-8 p.m. ET

FIRST LADY OF LAUGHS: THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF JEAN CARROLL, AMERICA’S FIRST JEWISH WOMAN STAND-UP COMEDIAN (HYBRID)

Lecturer(s):
Grace Kessler Overbeke, PhD
Tuesday November 26 | 10 AM Breakfast; 10:30 AM Lecture

‘I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A JEW’: RELIGION, RACE, AND SAMMY DAVIS JR. (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Rebecca L. Davis, PhD
Thursday December 12 | 7:00PM to 8:30PM ET

THE BATTLE OVER TRANS RIGHTS IN OHIO (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Rebecca L. Davis
Friday December 13 | 10:30 AM - Noon ET

LINCOLN REVOKES GENERAL ULYSSES GRANT’S EXPULSION OF JEWS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, PhD
Monday January 13 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Barbara Greenberg, J.D.
Tuesday January 14 | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM ET

PERCIVAL EVERETT’S JAMES: A NOVEL (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Sandra Zagarell
Tuesday January 14 | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET

ADVANTAGES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Roxanne Sukol, MD, MS
Wednesday January 15 | 11:00 AM to Noon ET

SALVADOR DALI: A LOOK AT HIS JEWISH-THEMED WORKS FOR ISRAEL AND HIS PRO-FASCIST HISTORY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Carol Salus, PhD
Thursday January 16 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

LIVING IN A WORLD OF CONSTANT CHANGE – WHAT CAN I DO? (REMOTE & IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Marcy Levy Shankman, PhD
Wednesday January 22 | 10 AM Breakfast; 10:30 AM Lecture

BOOK DISCUSSION: THE ONLY DAUGHTER BY A.B. YEHOSHUA (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Sylvia Abrams, PhD
Monday January 27 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

BOOK DISCUSSION: THE WORLD TO COME BY DARA HORN (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ruth Silon, PhD
Thursday January 30 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

THE KIBBUTZ: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Shlomo Getz
Thursday January 30 | 10:30 AM to Noon ET

BLACK VISIONS, BLACK VOICES, AND THE POWER OF BLACK ART: AFRICOBRA AND OHIO (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Regennia N. Williams
Thursday February 06 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

FROM HERE TO UTOPIA: THE RISE AND FALL (AND RISE) OF ISRAEL’S KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
David Leach
Thursday February 06 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

NAPOLEON’S INVASION OF THE HOLY LAND (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter J. Haas, PhD
Monday February 10 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

WHY DO JEWS BECOME COMEDIANS? THE SOURCE OF JEWISH LAUGHTER (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Rabbi Lawrence Moshiach Hajioff
Tuesday February 11 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

UNLEASHING THE POWER OF TAHINI: EXPLORING ITS HEALTH BENEFITS AND CULINARY VERSATILITY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Dana Harary, Co-Founder of SoCoTahini and Doug Katz
Wednesday February 12 | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET

SOCIAL DILEMMAS IN THE KIBBUTZ – HOW TO CREATE AN EQUALITY-BASED SOCIETY (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Michal Palgi, PhD
Thursday February 13 | 10:30AM to Noon ET

IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE

Lecturer(s):
Sunday February 16 | 1:00-3:00 PM ET

ANCIENT AND MODERN: HOW DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP TOOLS ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF ARCHAEOLOGY (IN-PERSON & REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
R. Benjamin Gorham
Wednesday February 19 | 10 AM Breakfast; 10:30 AM Lecture

EATING KOSHER FOR HEALTHY AGING (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ariela Goldenshluger Wieder
Friday February 21 | 10:30 AM to Noon ET

SHARED ROOTS: CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN THE KIBBUTZ (REMOTE & IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ron Ben Yosef, PhD
Thursday February 27 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

THE IMAGINED KIBBUTZ: DISILLUSIONMENT AND LATE INSPIRATION IN LITERATURE AND BEYOND (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Ranen Omer-Sherman, PhD
Thursday March 06 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

MAIMONIDES’ HOLISTIC HEALTH: ANCIENT WISDOM AND MODERN NUTRITION FOR AGING WELL (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Dafna Ben Yosef, PhD
Friday March 07 | 10:30 AM to Noon ET

POPE JOHN PAUL II’S VISIT TO JERUSALEM (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, PhD
Monday March 10 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

CLARA BARTON AND HENRI DUNANT: ESTABLISHING HUMAN RIGHTS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jim Lane
Tuesday March 11 | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM ET

SUPERMAN IN CLEVELAND (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Brad Ricca
Wednesday March 12 | 10:00 AM (Breakfast) 10:30 AM to NOON (Lecture)

THE BEAUTIFUL AND UGLY SIDES OF DEGAS: THE DREYFUS AFFAIR (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Carol Salus, PhD
Wednesday March 12 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

FLANNERY O’CONNOR AT ONE HUNDRED (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Monica Miller
Monday March 24 | Noon to 1:30 PM ET

JUSTICE, JUSTICE YOU SHALL PURSUE: ONE JEW’S WANDERINGS AS A TRIBAL JUDGE IN ALASKA (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Judge David Avraham Voluck
Thursday March 27 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

BOOK DISCUSSION: PEOPLE OF THE BOOK BY GERALDINE BROOKS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ruth Silon, PhD
Thursday April 03 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET