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All Lectures (Chronological Listing)

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.

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

ACE ANNUAL MEETING & PROGRAM (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Deanna Palermo
Friday May 16 | 11:30 AM - 2 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

ORIGINS SCIENCE: ON JOHN J. HOPFIELD AND GEOFFREY HINTON, 2024 NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSICS: APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORKS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Michael Hinczewski
Tuesday May 20 | 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET

TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN GLOBAL MULTILATERALISM: AFRICA’S ASCENDANT ROLE AND THE CASE FOR GREATER GLOBAL SOLIDARITY (canceled)

Lecturer(s):
Ambassador Erastus Ekitela Lokaale
Thursday May 22

EARLY MUSIC, JEWS AND ANTISEMITISM (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
David Rothenberg, PhD
Friday May 23 | Breakfast: 10 AM Lecture: 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 | Breakfast: 10 AM Lecture: 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

BOOK DISCUSSION: CONDEMNED (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ayesha Bell Hardaway, J.D.
Thursday June 12 | 10:30 a.m.–noon ET

A SHORT WALK THROUGH A WIDE WORLD, DOUG WESTERBEKE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Doug Westerbeke
Friday June 13 | 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ET

MIDDLE EAST UPDATE (IN-PERSON)

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

CREATION, BIRTH, AND REBIRTH: COMPARISONS OF HOW DIFFERENT FAITHS VIEW THE WORLD (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Sean Crum
Thursday June 26 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

PICASSO: THE MAN AND HIS ART (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Carol Salus, PhD
Tuesday July 08 | 9:30 a.m. Breakfast | 10 a.m.–noon Lecture

BOOK DISCUSSION: THERE THERE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jeff Karem, Ph.D.
Thursday July 10 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

THE MUSICAL MOZINSKIS: A NOVEL, SUSAN PETRONE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Susan Petrone
Friday July 11 | 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ET

THE FLORIDAS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ian Adams
Tuesday July 15 | 10:30 a.m.–noon ET

DIGGING FOR YOUR JEWISH ROOTS-GENEALOGY FROM A TO Z (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ken Bravo
Wednesday July 23 | 10 a.m.–noon ET

FAITH IN FLUX: HOW PEW RESEARCH REVEALS THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN RELIGION (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, PhD
Tuesday July 29 | 10:30 a.m–noon ET

BOOK DISCUSSION: LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE BY TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ruth Silon
Tuesday August 05 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

BEAUTIFUL HOMES: BEVERLY HOUSE AND THE ROSECLIFF (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Susan Cannavino
Wednesday August 06 | noon–1:30 p.m. ET

SLOW JOURNEY TO MORTALITY, DIANE VOGEL FERI (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Diane Vogel Feri
Friday August 08 | 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ET

KOL NIDRE: A MUSICAL JOURNEY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Larry Josefovitz
Tuesday August 19 | 1:30–3 p.m. ET

ACE TRIP TO SHAW FESTIVAL

Lecturer(s):
Friday, September 19 – Saturday, September 20, 2025