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Speaker Series

Adult Education Speaker Series

Join us for lively lectures and discussions on important and intriguing topics

All events in the speaker series are free to members and open to the public. Most events take place Sunday mornings from 10:30 a.m. until noon in the Community Room or Library. Coffee and bagels are available at 10:00 a.m. in the Library. A $5 donation is requested from non-members.


Upcoming Speakers

    Date Time Title Speaker(s)
    Mar 14, 2010 10:00 am Jacob's Cane - A Family Memoir Spanning 5 Ge... Elisa New
    Mar 21, 2010 10:00 am J Street: The Middle East Peace Process & th... Janette Hillis-Jaffe
    Mar 28, 2010 10:00 am Liven Up your Seder with Seder Songs Debby Gelber
    Apr 04, 2010 10:00 am Omer Bartov: From Co-existence to Genocide: R... Omer Bartov
    Apr 11, 2010 10:00 am Special Yom HaShoah program Edgar Krasa, Survivo...
    Apr 18, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - School Vacation Week
    Apr 25, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - School Vacation Week
    May 02, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - Walk for Hunger
    May 09, 2010 10:00 am TBA - Yom Hashoa
    May 09, 2010 10:00 am TBA
    May 16, 2010 10:00 am Community Meeting - No Speaker Adeane Bregman & Sta...
    May 23, 2010 10:00 am TBA
    May 30, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - Memorial Day Weekend

Recent Speakers

    Date Time Title Speaker(s)
    Mar 07, 2010 10:00 am Karen Frostig: The Exiled Memory Project: A... Karen Frostig
    Feb 28, 2010 10:00 am Joanna Michlic: Rebuilding Shattered Lives: ... Joanna Michlic
    Feb 23, 2010 7:00 pm Breaking the Silence Dana Golan
    Feb 21, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - School Vacation Week
    Feb 14, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - School Vacation Week
    Feb 07, 2010 10:00 am Community Meeting - No Speaker Adeane Bregman & Sta...
    Jan 31, 2010 10:00 am Phil Warburg: Israel's Environmental Challen... Phil Warburg
    Jan 24, 2010 10:00 am Boris Katz & Carol Clingan: Action for Post-S... Boris Katz & Carol C...
    Jan 17, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend
    Jan 10, 2010 10:00 am Guillermo Gonzales: Discovering My Buried Jew... Guillermo Gonzales
    Jan 10, 2010 10:00 am Penina Weinberg: How Jews Make Meaning - Part... Penina Weinberg
    Jan 03, 2010 10:00 am No Speaker - Winter Vacation
    Dec 27, 2009 10:00 am No Speaker - Winter Vacation
    Dec 13, 2009 10:00 am Linda Nathan: Teaching and Leadership in Urba... Linda Nathan
    Dec 06, 2009 10:00 am Yaron Nili: Israel’s Supreme Court: Protectin... Yaron Nili
    Nov 29, 2009 10:00 am No Speaker - Thanksgiving Weekend
    Nov 22, 2009 10:00 am Climate Change and the Energy Challenge Armond Cohen
    Nov 15, 2009 10:00 am Batsheva and David Penina Weinberg
    Nov 08, 2009 10:00 am Once Jews: The Sephardic Jewish Community of... Josette Capriles Gol...
    Nov 01, 2009 10:00 am Federal Health Reform in 2009: What Happened... Eric Schneider
    Oct 25, 2009 10:00 am Penina Weinberg: How Jews Make Meaning - Par... Penina Weinberg
    Oct 24, 2009 5:00 pm Spinning Text: Chapter Two in the Beautifica... Catherine Tutter & P...
    Oct 18, 2009 10:00 am TBA
    Oct 11, 2009 10:00 am No Speaker - Simhat Torah, Columbus Day Weeke...
    Oct 04, 2009 10:00 am Confronting Racism, Materialism and Militaris... Brian Corr
    Sep 27, 2009 10:00 am Sam Petuchowski: The Eloquence of Hope in Isa... Sam Petuchowski
    Sep 20, 2009 10:00 am No Speaker - Second Day of Rosh Hashanahj
    Sep 13, 2009 10:00 am Rabbi Liza Stern: Preparing for the Jewish N... Rabbi Liza Stern
    May 17, 2009 10:00 am Deborah Davidson : Listening: An Artist’s Res... Deborah Davidson
    Apr 05, 2009 10:00 am Joel Migdal: The New Middle East: A New U.S. ... Joel Migdal
    Mar 29, 2009 10:00 am Stuart Hecht "American Dreams: Broadway as Ou... Stuart Hecht
    Mar 22, 2009 10:00 am Paula Doress-Worters: How a Rabbi’s Daughter ... Paula Doress-Worters
    Mar 15, 2009 10:00 am Ehud Eiran: New American & Israeli Leadership... Ehud Eiran
    Mar 08, 2009 10:00 am Meir Lakein: A Jewish Response to the Econom... Meir Lakein
    Mar 01, 2009 10:00 am Steve Lantos: Havana’s Communidad Hebrea and ... Steve Lantos
    Feb 01, 2009 10:00 am Jeremy Sher: A New Look at the Birkat Hamazo... Jeremy Sher
    Jan 25, 2009 10:00 am TBA TBA
    Jan 25, 2009 10:00 am Jenny Rudacha and Peter Berman: Public Healt... Jenny Rudacha and Pe...
    Jan 04, 2009 10:00 am Steve Cohen: Coming to Terms With Their Bomb Steve Cohen
    Dec 21, 2008 10:00 am Rabbi Liza Stern: Why Hanukah Rabbi Liza Stern
    Dec 14, 2008 10:00 am Judith Smith, moderator Film: Brownsville Bl... Judith Smith
    Dec 07, 2008 10:00 am Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - Surprised By God: ... Rabbi Danya Ruttenb...
    Nov 23, 2008 10:00 am Film: In Good Faith – The Making of a Mosque... Matt Porter
    Nov 16, 2008 10:00 am Phil Brown - A Summer Eden: The Jewish Exper... Phil Brown
    Nov 09, 2008 10:00 am Keshet Representatives - Tikkun Olam & Gender... Keshet Representativ...
    Nov 02, 2008 10:00 am David Abromowitz: Bailouts & Bagels: What is... David Abromowitz
    Oct 26, 2008 10:00 am Armand Cohen Climate Change: What Are the Rea... Armand Cohen
    Oct 19, 2008 10:00 am Bob & Doris Gordon: The Kehilla Project: Rek... Bob & Doris Gordon
    Oct 05, 2008 10:00 am Rabbi Liza Stern: "Anticipating Yom Kippur" Rabbi Liza Stern
    Sep 28, 2008 10:00 am Dr. Aaron Lazare: Understanding Our Painful E... Dr. Aaron Lazare
    Sep 21, 2008 6:30 pm Elul Study (Session 3 of 3) Penina Weinberg
    Sep 14, 2008 10:00 am Elul Learning (Session 2 of 3): "Looking Anew... Penina Weinberg
    Sep 07, 2008 6:30 pm Elul Learning (Session 1 of 3) Penina Weinberg
    Sep 07, 2008 10:00 am Rabbi Liza Stern: Welcome/Welcome Back to Eit... Heidi Urich
    Jun 15, 2008 10:00 am Israeli-Palestinian peace and security negoti... Gina Coplon-Newfield
    Jun 05, 2008 7:15 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    May 29, 2008 7:30 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    May 22, 2008 7:30 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    May 11, 2008 10:00 am Esther and Simon Adler: From Under the Heel ... Esther and Simon Adl...
    May 08, 2008 7:30 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    May 01, 2008 7:30 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    Apr 13, 2008 10:00 am Andrea Silton & Jan Corash: Jazzing Up Your ... Andrea Silton & Jan ...
    Apr 10, 2008 7:15 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    Mar 30, 2008 10:00 am Rachel Rosenbloom: “Treat the stranger as yo... Rachel Rosenbloom le...
    Mar 27, 2008 7:15 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    Mar 23, 2008 10:00 am Steve Cohen: The War To End All War Doesn't ... Steve Cohen leads ou...
    Mar 16, 2008 10:00 am First Speaker Series Event of 2008 - 2009 Heidi Urich
    Mar 16, 2008 10:00 am Anna Swartz and Friends: Teens With Faith in... Anna Swartz leads ou...
    Mar 09, 2008 10:00 am Joanne Peskowitz: Honoring and Caring for ou... Joanne Peskowitz lea...
    Mar 06, 2008 7:15 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    Mar 02, 2008 10:00 am Rabbi Benji Samuels: While Standing on One F... Rabbi Benji Samuels ...
    Feb 21, 2008 7:15 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    Feb 10, 2008 10:00 am “Knowledge is the Beginning” Film Screening ... Film & Discussion le...
    Feb 03, 2008 10:00 am “From Swastika to Jim Crow” Film & Discussion le...
    Jan 27, 2008 10:00 am Ezra Hausman: Energy Choices for a Warming W... Ezra Hausman
    Jan 24, 2008 7:15 pm Women in the Bible Penina Weinberg
    Jan 06, 2008 10:00 am “Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School”... Film & Discussion le...
    Dec 09, 2007 10:00 am The Unknown Black Book of the Holocaust Joshua Rubenstein
    Dec 02, 2007 10:00 am December Dilemmas Rabbi Liza Stern
    Nov 18, 2007 10:00 am History of the Jews in Cambridge Ellen Smith
    Nov 04, 2007 10:00 am Prospects for Peace in the Middle East? Ehud Eiran
    Oct 28, 2007 10:00 am Jews and Medicine - Why? Stanley Sagov
    Oct 21, 2007 10:00 am Can we Stop the Dafur Genocide? Irit Tamar
    Sep 30, 2007 10:00 am The Power of Dialogue in Jewish-Muslim Relati... Rabbi Jaffe and Salm...
    Sep 23, 2007 10:00 am Searching for Family in the Holocaust Judy Rakowsky
    Sep 16, 2007 10:00 am Preparing for Yom Kippur Our Wonderful Rabbi
    Sep 09, 2007 10:00 am Preparing for Rosh Hashanah Our Wonderful Rabbi
    Sep 05, 2007 7:30 pm The story of Hannah (Part 4 of 4) Penina Weinberg
    Aug 29, 2007 7:30 pm The story of Hannah (Part 3 of 4) Penina Weinberg
    Aug 22, 2007 7:30 pm The story of Hannah (Part 2 of 4) Penina Weinberg
    Aug 15, 2007 7:30 pm The story of Hannah (Part 1 of 4) Penina Weinberg
    Aug 13, 2007 7:30 pm Yiddish Policeman's Union" by Michael Chabonn Carol Kraus
    May 20, 2007 10:30 am Livable Cities are Walkable Cities Wendy Landman
    May 13, 2007 10:30 am Women at the Center – the Book of Ruth and Sh... Judith Kates
    May 06, 2007 10:00 am No Adult Education: Walk for Hunger
    Apr 29, 2007 10:00 am Lorel Zar Kessler, Cantor Congregation Beth E... Lorel Zar Kessler, C...
    Apr 08, 2007 10:30 am Child Survivor of the Holocaust Peter Gossels
    Mar 25, 2007 10:00 am Mitchell Silver: Mitchell Silver
    Mar 18, 2007 10:00 am Judy Smith: Judy Smith
    Mar 14, 2007 7:00 pm Diana Lobel : A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue Philosop... Diana Lobel
    Mar 11, 2007 10:00 am Imam Ibrahim Sayar: Understanding Islam Imam Ibrahim Sayar
    Mar 04, 2007 12:00 am No Speaker - Enjoy PURIM!!! No Speaker - Enjoy P...
    Feb 11, 2007 10:00 am Film by Eileen Douglas: My Grandfather’s Hou... Eileen Douglas
    Feb 04, 2007 10:00 am Beth Wasserman: The Role of American Jews in ... Beth Wasserman
    Jan 28, 2007 10:00 am Rabbi Ebn Leader and Randy Kafka: Semicha in... Rabbi Ebn Leader and...
    Jan 21, 2007 10:00 am David Bernat: Civil Liberties in Stressful Ti... David Bernat:
    Jan 07, 2007 10:00 am Marshall Gans: Hillel’s Three Questions Marshall Gans
    Dec 10, 2006 10:30 am Our Rabbi: The December Dilemma Rabbi Liza Stern
    Dec 03, 2006 10:30 am Ann Braude and Andrea Silton: Raising Jewish ... Ann Braude and Andre...
    Nov 19, 2006 10:30 am Julian Bonder:Preserving Memory in Memorials Julian Bonder
    Nov 14, 2006 7:00 pm Penina Weinberg:The Garment of Torah:: Sessio... Penina Weinberg
    Nov 12, 2006 10:30 am Ehud Eiran:Middle East Challenges Ehud Eiran
    Nov 06, 2006 7:00 pm Penina Weinberg:The Garment of Torah:: Sessio... Penina Weinberg
    Nov 05, 2006 10:30 am Hankus Netsky:Jewish Music, American Style Hankus Netsky
    Oct 30, 2006 7:00 pm Penina Weinberg:The Garment of Torah: Session... Penina Weinberg
    Oct 29, 2006 10:30 am Rabbi Lawrence Kushner: Kabbalah: A Love Stor... Rabbi Lawrence Kushn...
    Oct 15, 2006 10:30 am Leonard Fein: Loving Israel, Warts & All Leonard Fein
    Sep 17, 2006 10:30 am Preparing for Rosh Hasonah & Yom Kippur Our Wonderful Rabbi
    Sep 10, 2006 10:30 am Opening Day 5767 - Preparing for Rosh Hasonah Our Wonderful Rabbi
    May 14, 2006 10:30 am Boston and Its Jews Alan Lupo
    May 07, 2006 10:30 am It Can Happen Here: Domestic Violence in the ... Nicole Furie Lesser
    Apr 30, 2006 7:00 pm The History of Love Nicole Krauss
    Apr 23, 2006 10:30 am I Refused to Die – Stories of Holocaust Survi... Susie Davidson
    Apr 09, 2006 10:30 am Every Mother Is a Daughter Perri Klass and Shei...
    Apr 02, 2006 10:30 am Your Money or Your Health? Prescription Drug... Joel Weissman
    Mar 27, 2006 7:30 pm Israel Decides - A Town Hall Meeting Gil Tamary
    Mar 26, 2006 10:30 am Reflecting on Passover: "Next Year in Jerusal... Rabbi Liza Stern
    Mar 19, 2006 10:30 am Rich or Poor, It Pays to Have Money Steve Alexander
    Mar 15, 2006 7:00 pm Stars of David Abigail Pogrebin
    Mar 12, 2006 10:30 am Prospects for Peace in the Middle East? Ehud Eiran
    Mar 05, 2006 10:30 am Second Stage Parenting: Relating to our Adult... Dr. Ruth Nemzoff
    Feb 26, 2006 10:30 am Growing Up Jewish in South Africa Elivia & Stanley Sag...
    Feb 05, 2006 10:30 am Orthodox and Egalitarian: What is motivating... Alanna Cooper
    Jan 22, 2006 10:30 am Affordable Housing from a Jewish Ethical Pers... David Abromowitz
    Jan 18, 2006 7:00 pm Zeppo's First Wife: New and Selected Poems Gail Mazur
    Jan 08, 2006 10:30 am The Israeli – Palestinian Conflict Diane Balser
    Dec 18, 2005 10:30 am Bringing Chanuka to Light Rabbi Liza Stern
    Dec 11, 2005 7:00 pm Finding Home - In the Footsteps of the Jewish... Jill Culiner
    Dec 11, 2005 10:30 am Building Communities in Our Own Backyards – M... Ann Bookman
    Dec 04, 2005 7:00 pm Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers - An Inti... Stephanie Wellen Lev...
    Dec 04, 2005 10:30 am Environmental Values in Judaism Rabbi Ebn Leader
    Nov 20, 2005 10:30 am Secret Jewish Communities: From the Inquisiti... Gloria Mound
    Nov 13, 2005 7:00 pm The Mystery of Breathing Perri Klass
    Nov 13, 2005 10:30 am Healing the Abrahamic Triangle: Jews, Muslims... Yehezkel Landau
    Nov 06, 2005 10:30 am Public Policy and Jewish Values State Representative...
    Oct 30, 2005 7:00 pm Great Neck Jay Cantor
    Oct 23, 2005 10:30 am The Women Who Changed American Religion Ann Braude
    Oct 02, 2005 10:30 am Preparing for the High Holy Days Rabbi Liza Stern
    Sep 25, 2005 10:30 am Jews as Global Citizens - Our Responsibility ... Ruth Messinger
    Sep 18, 2005 10:30 am The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conf... Alan Dershowitz
    Sep 11, 2005 10:30 am On Apology Dr. Aaron Lazare
    Aug 25, 2005 7:00 pm Book Discussion - "Everything is Illuminated"... Carol Kraus
    Jul 27, 2005 7:30 pm Israel, Gaza, and the Withdrawal: The Ethica... Herbert C. Kelman
    May 08, 2005 10:30 am A Holocaust Survivor Remembers Janet Applefield
    Apr 17, 2005 10:30 am Living Wills and Health Care Proxies Stanley Sagov
    Apr 10, 2005 10:30 am Preparing for Passover Rabbi Liza Stern
    Apr 03, 2005 10:30 am Young Refugees from Nazi Germany and Their Li... Gerhard Sonnert, Ha...
    Mar 20, 2005 10:30 am Memory, Imagination and the Writing of "San R... Leslie Epstein
    Mar 13, 2005 10:30 am Growing Up in the 80’s, As Told by a Young No... Alison Pollet
    Feb 06, 2005 10:30 am "My Brother’s Wedding" Film Screening and Dis... David Akiba
    Jan 19, 2005 7:00 pm Special Event - A Discussion of Palestinian E... Steve Miller
    Jan 09, 2005 10:30 am The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and its Impa... Sara Roy, Harvard Un...
    Dec 19, 2004 10:30 am A Halachic Exploration of Gay Marriage Ebn Leader, Hebrew C...
    Dec 05, 2004 10:30 am A Post-Election Look at the Israeli-Palestini... Udi Eiran, former ad...
    Nov 21, 2004 10:30 am Communication with our Children about Inter-r... Elana Kling Perkins,...
    Nov 14, 2004 10:30 am Caring for Jewish Cemeteries in Today's Germa... Sven Riethmueller
    Nov 07, 2004 10:30 am The World Turned Upside Down Ellen Kushner, Host ...
    Nov 01, 2004 7:30 pm Special Event - Israeli IDF Refusenik speaks ... Noam Bahat
    Oct 24, 2004 10:30 am Amidst the Ashes - A Renewal of Jewish Life i... Larry Mayer, author ...
    Sep 26, 2004 10:30 am Launching the New Center for Arts and Culture... Shoshana Pakciarz, E...
    Sep 19, 2004 10:30 am Journey from Death to Life---Yom Kippur as R... Rabbi Victor Reinste...
    Sep 12, 2004 10:30 am "But this year I Really Mean It": Allowing ou... Rabbi Liza Stern
    May 23, 2004 10:30 am Mel Gibson's "The Passion Of The Christ" - Wh... Philip Cunningham, B...
    May 16, 2004 10:30 am Israel And The Occupied Territories: How Can ... Alan Meyers M.D.
    May 02, 2004 10:30 am Growing Up With The Holocaust A Panel of Eitz Chay...
    Apr 11, 2004 10:30 am From "Mame-Loshn" To Literary Language: The E... Catherine Madsen, Na...
    Apr 04, 2004 10:30 am Tikkun Olam (Healing The World) In A Mobile H... Noah Levinson
    Mar 28, 2004 10:30 am The Origins Of The Seder Rabbi Liza Stern
    Mar 21, 2004 10:30 am Myths And Realities About Islam Sameh El-Difrawy fro...
    Mar 14, 2004 10:30 am The Body In Jewish Thinking – Ancient And Mod... Carol Kraus
    Feb 08, 2004 10:30 am The Song Of Songs Ellen Kushner, host ...
    Feb 01, 2004 10:30 am Navigating Through The Siddur: An Introductio... Constance Dinges, Ch...
    Jan 25, 2004 10:30 am Reinventing Mikveh For The 21st Century Anita Diamant
    Jan 11, 2004 10:30 am Activating Teenagers’ Jewish Lives: Texts And... Bonna Devora Haberma...
    Dec 07, 2003 10:30 am Raising Children In An Interfaith Family Elana Kling Perkins
    Nov 23, 2003 10:30 am Paths To A Just Peace In Israel/Palestine Daniel Moss and Nisr...
    Nov 16, 2003 10:30 am The Continuing History Of The Marranos Gloria Mound
    Nov 09, 2003 10:30 am From Cradle To Grave – We Are There For Each ... Community Concerns C...
    Nov 02, 2003 10:30 am Report From Berlin Rabbi Liza Stern
    Oct 26, 2003 10:30 am Where Is The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Goi... Ehud Eiran
    Sep 21, 2003 10:30 am How To Raise A Mensch Prof. Nehemia Polen
    Sep 14, 2003 10:30 am Ready Or Not, Here We Come Rabbi Liza Stern


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