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2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Crispr and Genome Editing (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Ron Conlon
Friday May 14 | noon-1:30 p.m. ET

Budgets, Boycotts, And Babies: Jewish Women in the Great Depression (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Beth Wenger
Thursday May 20 | 7 p.m. ET

Designing A Better Cleveland: What’s Next? (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Steven Litt
Friday May 21 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

After Class: What’s New in the Bible (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Gila Silverman
Monday May 24 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET

Finding God in Our Relationships: Insights from Martin Buber (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Bill Plevan
Tuesday May 25 | 7 p.m. ET

Hadassah: An American Story - A Conversation with Hadassah Lieberman (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Hadassah Lieberman
Wednesday June 02 | 7 p.m. ET

2020 Nobel Prize In Literature: Louise Gluck (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
David Lucas
Friday June 04 | noon-1:30 p.m. ET

2020 Nobel Peace Prize: The World Food Programme (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Darcy Freedman
Friday June 11 | noon - 1:30 pm ET

Love in the Time of Corona or Literature and Catastrophe (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Ayelet Gundar Goshen
Tuesday June 15 | 11:00 a.m. ET

Ayelet Gundar Goshen: An Informal Hebrew Conversation (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Ayelet Gundar Goshen
Wednesday June 16 | 12:30 p.m. ET

Lessons From My Parents' Basement: Learning History From Family Heirlooms (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Gila Silverman
Friday June 18 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

What Path Forward for the Democrats? (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Joseph White
Friday June 25 | noon-1:30 p.m. ET

After Class: The Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Gila Silverman
Monday June 28 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET

Is the Human in the Image of God? From the Ancient Rabbis to Contemporary Art (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
R.R. Neis
Wednesday June 30 | 7 p.m. ET

Art, Activism and the Struggle to End the Stigma of Addiction (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
William Stoehr
Wednesday July 07 | 7 p.m. ET

Legacies of Justice and Memory in Jewish Argentina (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Natasha Zaretsky
Thursday July 08 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

2020 Nobel Prize in Economics: Auction Theory (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Emmanuel Dechenaux
Friday July 09 | noon-1:30 p.m. ET

Continuity and Change in Egypt’s “Great Land”: Abydos Under the Ptolemies (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Thomas Landvatter
Wednesday July 14 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET

What Does Unorthodox Get Right About Those Who Leave Hassidic Communities? (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Schneur Zalman Newfield
Thursday July 15 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

The Changing American Religious Landscape (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas
Friday July 16 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

The Die Is Cast: Games, Lots, and Gambling in the Roman World (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Laura Banducci
Wednesday July 21 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET

Portugal's Ancestral Jews: What It Means to be a Marrano (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Naomi Leite
Thursday July 22 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

Why That Wallpaper? Researching, Restoring, and Curating Ohio's Historic Homes (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Emily Rebmann
Friday July 23 | noon-1:30 p.m. ET

The Origins of Glass: Ancient Material, Modern Idea (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Katherine Larson
Wednesday July 28 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET

The Modern Mikvah Movement (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Cara Rock-Singer
Thursday July 29 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

Archaeological Landscapes in the Digital Age: Artifacts, Databases, Maps, and Narratives (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Christian Cloke
Wednesday August 04 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET

Windows Without a Home: 21st Century Congregations Repurposing Sacred Shards (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Alanna E. Cooper
Thursday August 05 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

Collecting Histories: Provenance Research at the San Antonio Museum of Art (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Jessica Powers
Wednesday August 11 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET

The Jewish Community of Selma Alabama (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Amy K. Milligan
Thursday August 12 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Peggy Zone Fisher
Friday August 20 | noon-1:00 p.m. ET

Kick Off: In Search of Ancient Israel: The Historical Roots of the Biblical Narrative (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Gary Rendsburg
Wednesday August 25 | 7 p.m. ET

2020 Nobel Prize In Medicine: Hepatitis C (Remote)

Lecturer(s):
Donald Anthony
Friday August 27 | noon-1:30 p.m. ET