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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.

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

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)

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

ACE WINTER TOUR: DEGENERATE! HITLER'S WAR ON MODERN ART (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Museum Staff
Friday February 28 | 10:30 AM - Noon

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

THE MCDONALD’S “HOT COFFEE” LAWSUIT (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Barbara Greenberg, JD
Tuesday March 11 | 9:30 AM Breakfast; 10 AM Lecture

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

WHAT'S NEW(S) IN ISRAEL? (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Doron Kalir
Friday April 04 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

THE MOVEMENT OF ART IN PEACETIME: THE (TRUE) TALE OF THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Brian Glassman
Wednesday April 09 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

ACE BOOK DISCUSSION DAY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Barbara Burgess-Van Aken, PhD
Monday April 28 | 9:30 AM - 2 PM ET

ARTHUR SZYK’S WINDOWS: WORLD WAR II AND ITS MEMORY IN STAINED GLASS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Katya Oicherman, PhD
Tuesday April 29 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

CREATING LIFE AFTER LOSS: A JEWISH APPROACH TO CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF FALLEN ISRAELI SOLDIERS (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD
Thursday May 01 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

FROM RUINS TO GLORY: NEW FINDINGS FROM THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Oren Gutfeld, PhD
Monday May 05 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

CANCEL CULTURE AND THE HIGHER ED CONFORMITY GAUNTLET (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Greg Lukianoff
Wednesday May 07 | 7-8:30 PM ET

THE SANCTUARY OF THE GREAT GODS OF SAMOTHRACE IN MIXED REALITY: USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ENLIVEN AN ANCIENT GREEK SANCTUARY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Maggie Popkin
Wednesday May 07 | 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET

DAVID, GOLIATH, AND THE MYSTERY OF THE WEAVER’S BEAM (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Laura Mazow, PhD
Monday May 12 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

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

Lecturer(s):
Jim Lane
Tuesday May 13 | 9:30 AM Breakfast; 10 AM Lecture

WHERE THE HEAVENS MEET THE EARTH: DEFINING SACRED GEOGRAPHY AT AN EARLY WOODLAND EARTHWORK COMPLEX IN NORTHEAST OHIO (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Phil Wanyerka
Wednesday May 14 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH DEAD MAN’S CURVE? AND OTHER REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT CLEVELAND (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jim Sweeney
Thursday May 15 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

THE TABERNACLE IN THE DESERT, THE CULT PLACE IN SHILOH AND SOLOMON’S TEMPLE (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
David Ilan, PhD
Monday May 19 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

EARLY MUSIC, JEWS AND ANTISEMITISM (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
David Rothenberg, PhD
Friday May 23 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

“FROM ALBANY TO BUFFALO”: THREE IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THAT REGION AND WHICH SHAPED THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Irving Kushner
Wednesday June 11 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

JEWISH AMSTERDAM: THEN AND NOW (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Emile Schrijver
Thursday June 12 | 1:30-3 PM ET

MIDDLE EAST UPDATE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, PhD
Monday June 23 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET