Siegal Lifelong Learning Program

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host its third annual showcase Wednesday, Aug. 28, featuring a series of 10-minute lectures by Case Western Reserve University community members. The following lectures will be part of the showcase: “Roots of History: Finding Civil War Antibiotics from T...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program recently announced that Dafna Ben-Yosef has been chosen as the new director of Jewish Lifelong Learning. Dafna Ben-Yosef Ben-Yosef earned her master’s degree in bioethics from The Ohio State University and her PhD in medical sciences from The Technion Institu...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host an in-person lecture with photographer Ian Adams titled “A Photographer’s Guide to Ohio” Friday, July 19, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Landmark Centre Building (25700 Science Park Dr., Beachwood), Suite 100. Adams will introduce attendees to the most b...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a lecture titled “Making Sense of Trauma: Israel’s Black Sabbath and Its Aftermath” Thursday, July 11 at 1 p.m. in the Landmark Centre Building (25700 Science Park Dr., Beachwood). Alanna Cooper Alanna Cooper, the Abba Hillel Silver Chair of Jewish ...

Titled “Aviators of the Information Age: Hackers in American History,” this 4-week series will address who computer “hackers” are and what they do. Taught by Jacob Bruggeman, a PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University and fellow in the Center for Economy and Society, the course will begin July 8 an...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host several in-person book discussions this summer. Upcoming discussions will cover The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride and All Other Nights by Dara Horn. The discussion on The Latecomer will be led by ...

Who came to Cleveland and changed it forever? On June 13, Greg Deegan, executive director of Teaching Cleveland, will answer this question in a lecture titled, “The History of Immigration and Migration in Cleveland.” Deegan will discuss where immigrants settled and why, as well as the experiences of...

As the members of Case Western Reserve University's Class of 2024 prepare to formally earn their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in commencement ceremonies May 15-19, the university will also award three honorary degrees. These honors recognize the recipients' lifetime achievements in scho...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host two in-person lectures with visiting scholar Ted Merwin, author and senior writer for the Jewish Federations of North America. “Where Harry Met Sally: The Delectable History of the Jewish Deli” Wednesday, May 8 7 to 8 p.m. First, Merwin will present...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program for a two-session remote program titled “Black Visions, Black Voices and the Power of Black Art: AFRICOBRA and Ohio.” The sessions will be held on two Tuesdays—April 9 and April 16—fro...