Upcoming Courses

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

BOOK DISCUSSION: THE HEBREW TEACHER – THREE NOVELLAS BY MAYA ARAD (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Sylvia Abrams, PhD
Mondays, February 24-March 10|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

THE ORESTEIA BY AESCHYLUS (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Janice Vitullo
Mondays, March 3-24|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

PURIM: THE STORY, THE SCROLL AND THE FESTIVAL (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Katya Oicherman, PhD
Tuesdays, March 11-25|10:30 AM to Noon ET

RABBI SACKS ON HISTORY, RELIGION AND SOCIETY (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Rabbi Jeremy Bruce
Thursdays, March 13 - April 3 |10 AM - Noon ET

HEBREW BIBLE HEROINES (AND ANTI-HEROINES) (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Caryn Tamber-Rosenau, PhD
Tuesdays, March 18 - April 1|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

EUROPEAN ART COLLECTING IN THE AMERICAN GILDED AGE: COLLECTORS, ADVISORS, AND DEALERS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Catherine Scallen
Tuesdays, March 18-April 22|1:30 PM to 3:30 PM ET

UNDERSTANDING THE EMERGING SUPREME COURT (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Jonathan Entin
Wednesdays, March 19-April 23|1:30 PM to 3:30 PM ET

STORIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO: HISTORY AND HUMANITY (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Greg Deegan, Executive Director, Teaching Cleveland
Thursdays, March 20-April 24|1:30 PM to 3:30 PM ET

THE RISE AND PRATFALLS OF AMERICAN HUMOR—PART 2 (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Shelley Bloomfield, PhD
Tuesdays, April 1-April 22|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

CMA UP CLOSE—DIVERSE NARRATIVES: PAST AND PRESENT - TUESDAYS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Professional Staff
Tuesdays, April 1-May 6|1:30 PM to 2:30 PM ET

MODERNISM, WWI AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WESTERN WORLD (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Earl Leiken, JD, Instructor of Lifelong Learning and Terri Mester, PhD, Part-time Lecturer, English, CWRU
Wednesdays, April 2-May 21|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

CMA UP CLOSE—DIVERSE NARRATIVES: PAST AND PRESENT - THURSDAYS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Professional Staff
Thursdays, April 3-May 8|1:30 PM to 2:30 PM ET

HOMER’S ODYSSEY (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Janice Vitullo
Mondays, April 7-May 12|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

THE LEGACY OF WASHINGTON IRVING (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Stephen Pierson, PhD
Mondays, April 7 - May 12|4:00 PM to 5:30 PM ET

AN ECLECTIC BROADWAY MUSICAL HISTORY: A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Arnold Hirshon
Tuesdays, April 8-May 6| 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET

HUMBOLDT’S VISIONARY THOUGHT ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Cheryl Wires
Tuesdays, April 8-May 6|10:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET

FROM THE RAG TRADE TO RALPH LAUREN: HOW JEWISH DESIGNERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS SHAPED FASHION (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Lee Rubinstein
Thursdays, April 10-May 15|1:00PM to 2:30 PM ET

WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Linda Tuthill
Tuesdays, April 15-May 20|1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET

POETRY WRITING (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Linda Tuthill
Thursdays, April 17-May 22|1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET

HOW JEWS TRANSFORMED MODERN ART (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Linda Sandhaus, MD
Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 22-May 1 (2X per week)|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

OTHERNESS: SHAKESPEARE IN OPERA AND JEWS IN SHAKESPEAREAN ENGLAND (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Matt Goldish, PhD, Samuel M. and Esther Melton Chair in History, Ohio State University
Mondays, April 28-May 19|12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET

BEGINNER BIBLICAL HEBREW (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Holly Litwin
Tuesdays, April 29–June 10 (no class June 3)|6:30 - 8:30 PM ET

GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ AND MAGICAL REALISM (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Manuel Chinchilla
Fridays, May 2-June 6|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

BIRDING AT THE FARM (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Tim Matson, PhD
Fridays, May 2-June 6|7:00 AM to 9:00 AM ET

BEGINNER CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW - LEVEL 2 (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Leah Cooper
Mondays, May 5-June 23 (no class May 26 & June 2)|6:30-8:30 PM ET

INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW - LEVEL 1 (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Leah Cooper
Mondays, May 5–June 23 (no class May 26 & June 2)|1-3 PM ET

SIGN LANGUAGE AND JEWISH VALUES: SHEMA, TZEDAKAH, TIKKUN OLAM, AND TIKVAH (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Lori Harris, MEd
Tuesdays, May 6-May 13|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

ADVANCED HEBREW LITERATURE (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Judith Shamir
Tuesdays, May 6–June 17 (no class June 3)|10 AM - Noon ET

BEGINNER CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW - LEVEL 1 (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Leah Cooper
Tuesdays, May 6–June 17 (no class June 3)|1-3 PM ET

ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Tuesdays, May 6–June 17 (no class June 3)|10 AM - Noon ET

INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW - LEVEL 2 (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Wednesdays, May 7–June 11|10 AM - NOON ET

ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Judith Shamir
Thursdays, May 8–June 12|10 AM - Noon ET

OZARK JEWS: COWBOYS IN POPULAR CULTURE (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Mara W. Cohen Ioannides, PhD
Thursdays, May 8-May 29|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

THE THEME OF TRAGEDY IN AGNON AND BRENNER’S SECOND ALIYAH HEBREW NOVELS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Nadav Linial, PhD
Wednesdays, May 14–May 28|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

ISRAEL AND THE NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IT INHERITED (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Steve Klein, PhD
Wednesdays, May 14-June 18|2:30 PM to 4:00 PM ET

FINDING HOPE IN POETRY (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Cindy Sabik, Instructor of Lifelong Learning
Tuesdays & Thursdays, May 20–June 5 This class will take place on Tuesdays AND Thursdays (2x per week)|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

PLEIN AIR PAINTING (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Pat Sigmier
Fridays, May 30-June 27 (no class June 20)|10:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET

UNVEILING THE RISE, GLORY, AND DECLINE OF AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Rabbi Daniel Isaac, PhD
Wednesdays, June 4-18|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

SILAS HOUSE’S SOUTHERNMOST (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Monica Miller
Wednesdays, June 4-25|2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET

ISAIAH 53: THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE MESSIANIC PROPHECY OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Todd Rosenberg
Wednesdays, June 4-25|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

THE MYSTERY OF HEBREW NUMEROLOGY (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Rabbi Ari Sollish
Mondays, June 9-23|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

JOURNEY THROUGH CLEVELAND’S JEWISH HISTORY LECTURE AND BUS TOUR (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Sean Martin
Monday, June 9 | 10-11:30 AM ET|Monday, June 16 | 10 AM - 3 PM ET

SHAVUOT SPECIAL: AS QUEEN SHE IS IN HER FINERY: DRESSING UP THE TORAH (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Katya Oicherman, PhD
Tuesdays, June 10-24|1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET