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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.

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
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
Thursday April 03 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

ACE BOOK DISCUSSION DAY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Monday April 28 | 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET