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
EXPLORING THEODICY IN BIBLE: HOW THE PROPHETS UNDERSTOOD GOD THROUGH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE (IN-PERSON)
Instructor(s): Adina Blaustein Wednesdays, May 7-May 28|1:00PM to 2:30PM
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