Siegal Lifelong Learning Program
July 28, 2021
Members of the community are invited to join Alanna E. Cooper, the Abba Hillel Silver Professor of Jewish Studies, for an upcoming remote lecture titled “Windows Without a Home: 21st Century Congregations Repurposing Sacred Shards.” Hosted by the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, this lecture will…
July 26, 2021
Join Gila Silverman, director of Jewish lifelong learning with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, for a three-week online course titled “Jewish Lives: Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud.” Born in the Land of Israel around the year 50 C.E., Rabbi Akiva was raised in poverty and began to learn the…
July 10, 2021
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, in partnership with the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and Cleveland Archaeological Society, will offer a remote series featuring renowned classical archaeologists sharing their research, museum work and field work. The series, titled “Classical…
July 01, 2021
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program has an array of remote courses and lectures running throughout the summer. A few highlights include: Tuesdays, July 6–27: “Sail the Seas with Queen Elizabeth I, Her Spies and Privateers”Thursdays, July 8–29: “Aristophanes: Comedy and Chaos in Classical…
June 30, 2021
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will offer an online lecture series titled “Jewish Anthropology: Community, Culture and Rituals” on Thursdays from July 8 to Aug. 12. Each session will be from noon to 1 p.m. ET. The series will consist of the following lectures: July 8: “Legacies of Justice…
June 09, 2021
Laura Dassow Walls’ biography of Henry David Thoreau (titled Henry David Thoreau, A Life) explores the wide range of talents and accomplishments of this significant 19th century intellectual, philosopher, social reformer, businessman and naturalist, who helped shape our national identity. Thoreau’s…
June 07, 2021
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will offer a remote course titled “Israel in a Changing Middle East: Opportunities and Risks,” led by Daniel Sherman, strategic consultant and lecturer in Modi'in, Israel. The course will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursdays June 10 to July 1. This course will…
May 17, 2021
Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. He had not even served a full year in office when he was shot by a homophobic fellow supervisor. A forceful champion of gays, racial…
May 11, 2021
The Great Depression presented Jewish women with a unique set of challenges and choices. In response, Jewish women found new survival strategies to cope with the difficult economic conditions and changing family dynamics of these turbulent years. The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will offer a…
May 10, 2021
Join Siegal Lifelong Learning for an intimate conversation with Hadassah Lieberman on her newly released memoir, Hadassah: An American Story. Erika Rudin-Luria, president of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, will facilitate this discussion, which will be held Wednesday, June 2, from 7 to 8:30…