Siegal Lifelong Learning Program

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…

Jews began leaving Yemen to immigrate to Ottoman Palestine (later Israel) as early as the 1880s, and their migration continued until recent years. In a lecture hosted by the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, Ari Ariel, adjunct assistant professor at the University of Iowa, will examine the…

Food is for eating. But it also provides a vehicle for expressing ethnic pride and national identity. Sometimes food articulates conflict, and other times it serves to foster coexistence. Ari Ariel, adjunct assistant professor at University of Iowa, will present “Hummus Wars: Food, Identity and…

Partnering with the Medical Examiner’s Office, the Cuyahoga County Postvention Response Team reaches out to those most directly impacted by suicide loss, and provides valuable training to law enforcement teams and potential first responders. People with substance use disorders are about six times…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host two lectures by Aaron Koller, associate professor and chair of the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University (New York). The lectures are free for members of the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program. For nonmembers, the lectures…

The Origins Science Scholars Series will conclude with a talk by Ken Singer, the Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A/B. Singer will present “Lighting Up the World of Big Data: Optical Data Storage Using Quantum Mechanics.” The…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a discussion titled “Tribe Talk: Jewish Community Conversation on the Pittsburgh Attack” Sunday, Nov. 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Landmark Centre (25700 Science Park Dr.). Brian Amkraut, executive director of the Laura and…

Loosely modeled after the popular City Club Forum, the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host the Eastside Conversations, programs held once a month to discuss contemporary issues. Daniel Goldmark, professor of music, will lead the next discussion in the series. He will present “The New ‘New”…