Upcoming Courses

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


EIGHT LANDMARK CASES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Barbara Greenberg
Tuesdays, April 4–May 23|10–11:30 a.m. ET

THE HISTORY OF CLEVELAND BASEBALL POST CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Scott Longert
Tuesdays, April 4–April 25|10–11:30 a.m. ET

THE GREAT LAKES: STORY AND LEGEND (IN-PERSON) - COURSE FULL

Instructor(s): Patrick Moore
Wednesdays, April 5–May 24|1–2:30 p.m. ET

GREAT POEMS II: NO HIDDEN MEANINGS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Bill Newby
Thursdays, April 6–27|1–3 p.m. ET

BETWEEN THE WARS: THE TWENTY-YEAR ARMISTICE (IN-PERSON COURSE)

Instructor(s): Patrick Moore
Fridays, April 7-May 26|1-2:30 p.m. ET

AMERICA IN THE FIFTIES (IN-PERSON) - COURSE FULL

Instructor(s): Earl Leiken
Fridays, April 7–May 26|10:30 a.m.– noon ET

PASSION, MURDER AND MAJESTY: HENRY VIII AND THE 8 TUDOR QUEENS (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Betty Zak
Tuesdays, April 11–May 2|10–11:30 a.m. ET

HILARY MANTEL’S WOLF HALL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Monica Miller
Mondays, April 17–May 22|2–3:30 p.m. ET

MYSTICS, RATIONALISTS AND SECULARISTS: JEWISH THINKERS FROM 1920–2000 (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Michael Ross
Mondays, April 17–May 8|10–11:30 a.m. ET

LITERATURE TO CINEMA: ADAPTING NOBEL LAUREATES (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Terry Meehan
Tuesdays, April 18–May 23|1–2:30 p.m. ET

SOPHOCLES: THE THEBAN CYCLE (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Janice Vitullo
Wednesdays, April 19–May 10|10–11:30 a.m. ET

KEN BURNS’ “THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST” (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Cathy Lesser Mansfield
Thursdays, April 27–May 4|4–6 p.m. ET

Hebrew: Advanced Beginner Conversational (Remote)

Instructor(s): Leah Cooper
Mondays, May 1- June 12 (no class May 29)|1 - 3 p.m. ET

Hebrew: Advanced Conversational (Remote)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Tuesdays, May 2- June 6|10 a.m. - noon ET

WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Linda Tuthill
Tuesdays, May 2 - June 6 (please note date changes)|1–3 p.m. ET

Hebrew: Advanced Hebrew Literature (Remote)

Instructor(s): Judith Shamir
Tuesdays, May 2- June 6|10 a.m. - noon ET

A TASTE OF UKRAINIAN JEWISH LITERATURE (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Jake Marmer
Tuesdays, May 2–23|7–8:30 p.m. ET

Hebrew: Intermediate Conversational (Remote)

Instructor(s): Leah Cooper
Tuesdays, May 2 - June 6|6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET

Hebrew: Intermediate Conversational (Remote)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Wednesdays, May 3- June 7|10 a.m. - noon ET

Hebrew: Advanced Beginner Classical (Remote)

Instructor(s): Holly Litwin
Thursdays, May 4- June 15 (no class May 25)|6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET

Hebrew: Advanced Conversational (Remote)

Instructor(s): Judith Shamir
Thursdays, May 4- June 15 (no class May 25) |10 a.m. - noon ET

Hebrew: Advanced Conversational (Remote)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Thursdays, May 4-June 15 (no class May 25)|6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET

WRITING POETRY (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Linda Tuthill
Thursdays, May 04-June 08 (please note date changes)|1–3 p.m. ET

BIRDING FOR EVERYONE (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Tim Matson
Fridays, May 5–June 9|7–9 a.m. ET

PLINY AND THE ROMAN WORLD (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): John Sarkissian
Tuesdays, May 16–June 20|10–11:30 a.m. ET

OUT OF CONTEXT: AMERICAN ARTISTS ABROAD (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Carol Salus, Ph.D.
Fridays, May 19–June 23|10–11:30 a.m. ET

WHEN A HERETIC WALKS INTO THE HOUSE OF STUDY: JEWISH- CHRISTIAN INTERACTIONS IN THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
Monday–Wednesday, May 22–24|10 a.m.–12 p.m. ET

A FRESH HELPING OF SACRED COW: TWO VICTORIAN GOTHIC TALES (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Shelley Bloomfield
Thursdays, June 1–22 |3–4:30 p.m. ET

FITZGERALD, HEMINGWAY AND THE ROARING TWENTIES (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Earl Leiken
Fridays, June 2–23|10 a.m.–noon ET

PLEIN AIR PAINTING (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Pat Sigmier
Fridays, June 2–23|10 a.m.–2 p.m. ET

FROM DESTRUCTION TO REVIVAL: JEWISH HISTORY BETWEEN MASADA AND TZIPORI (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Assaf Boker
Sundays, June 4–11|2–3:30 p.m. ET

THE GREAT RECOVERY – THE 1920s (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Patrick Moore
Wednesdays, June 7–July 26|1:30– 3 p.m. ET

SUMMER READING, PART I: 100 YEARS OF THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Angela Fasick
Thursdays, June 8–29|10–11:30 a.m. ET

BARE NECESSITIES: FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER IN AMERICAN JEWISH HUMOR (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Ted Merwin
Thursday, June 8–22|7-8:30 p.m. ET

IN SEARCH OF “NORMALITY”: ETHIOPIAN JEWS IN ISRAEL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Shula Mola
Wednesdays, June 14 and June 21|7–8:30 p.m. ET

SOPHOCLES’ OTHER PLAYS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Timothy Wutrich
Thursdays, July 6–27|10–11:30 a.m. ET

JEWISH AMERICAN THEATRE: IMMIGRATION TO INTEGRATION (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Kyra Smith
Mondays, July 10–31|3–4:30 p.m. ET

DARK ROMANCE: HERMAN MELVILLE’S SOUTH SEAS FICTION (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Stephen Pierson
Mondays, July 10-August 14 (Please note date change)| 10–11:30 a.m. ET

HEBREW: ADVANCED BEGINNER CONVERSATIONAL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Leah Cooper
Mondays, July 10 - August 14|1 - 3 p.m. ET

HEBREW: ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Tuesdays, July 11 - August 15|10 a.m. - noon ET

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ATHENS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s): Karen Laurence
Tuesdays, July 11–August 15|1–2:30 p.m. ET

HEBREW: ADVANCED HEBREW LITERATURE (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Judith Shamir
Tuesdays, July 11 - August 15|10 a.m. - noon ET

HEBREW: INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATIONAL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Leah Cooper
Tuesdays, July 11 - August 15 |6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET

HEBREW: INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATIONAL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Wednesdays, July 12 - August 16|10 a.m. - noon ET

HEBREW: ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Judith Shamir
Thursdays, July 13 - August 24 (no class July 27) |10 a.m. - noon ET

HEBREW: ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Rivka Taub
Thursdays, July 13 - August 24 (no class July 27)|6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET

MUHAMMAD AND THE JEWS (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Ezra Blaustein
Tuesdays, August 1–22|7:30–9 p.m. ET

SUMMER READING, PART 2: 100 YEARS OF THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES (REMOTE)

Instructor(s): Angela Fasick
Thursdays, August 3–24|10–11:30 a.m. ET