Siegal Lifelong Learning Program

Join the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program for two lectures by Polish Jewish author and journalist Agata Tuszynska May 2 and 3. Tuszynska will present “Love, Literature and the Legacy of Polish Jewish Author Bruno Schulz” Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at the Suburban Temple-Kol Ami (22401 Chagrin…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host Jay Geller, the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies, to present a lecture titled "The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction" Wednesday, April 10, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Landmark Centre Building…

Sayed Kashua Sayed Kashua, a best-selling author, journalist and TV show writer, will give two lectures hosted by the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program Wednesday, March 27, and Thursday, March 28. The lectures will be free for members of Siegal Lifelong Learning and the Maltz Museum of Jewish…

Titled “The Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924 and How They Changed Cleveland Forever,” the next Public Policy Forum will address modern-day immigration in Cleveland. The forum will be moderated by John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History and senior vice president for research…

Alanna Cooper, director of Jewish Lifelong Learning at the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, wrote about an international program that keeps track of Torahs from pre-World War II Czech congregations, nearly all of which perished during the war. The Torahs were distributed throughout the 20th…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host the next installment of the Northeast Ohio Public Policy Forums series Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom. The forum will be titled “How Can We Reduce Gun Violence in Cleveland?” and feature a…

Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning Alanna E. Cooper wrote about a synagogue in New Castle, Pennsylvania, which closed its doors after its congregation became too small to sustain it. The article, titled “Saying Kaddish for a Rust Belt congregation,” traces the history of Temple Hadar Israel and…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a lunch program with Peter J. Haas, the Abba Hillel Silver Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, on millennials. Haas will present “Millennials: What You Should Know About Them and Why” Thursday, Jan. 18, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Landmark Centre…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a course titled “Onstage with Kurt Weill” Wednesdays Jan. 2-23 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Landmark Centre Building (25700 Science Park Drive, Beachwood). Don Rosenberg, president of Music Critics Association of North America, will teach the…

Members of the community can participate in an accelerated certificate course in deep learning and artificial intelligence Dec. 3-7. It is recommended (although not required) that participants hold at least a bachelor's degree in a STEM field. Lab sessions are based in Python, so knowledge of that…