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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) |
| May 22, 2008 | 7:30 pm | Women in the Bible | Penina Weinberg |
| May 29, 2008 | 7:30 pm | Women in the Bible | Penina Weinberg |
| Jun 05, 2008 | 7:15 pm | Women in the Bible | Penina Weinberg |
| Event Type: | Speaker Series |
| Date: | May 22, 2008 |
| Title: | Women in the Bible |
| Speaker(s): | Penina Weinberg |
| Start: | 7:30 pm |
| End: | 8:45 pm |
| Location: | Eitz Chayim's Community Room |
| Description: | We will meet on alternate Thursday evenings from January to May. |
| Event Type: | Speaker Series |
| Date: | May 29, 2008 |
| Title: | Women in the Bible |
| Speaker(s): | Penina Weinberg |
| Start: | 7:30 pm |
| End: | 8:45 pm |
| Location: | Eitz Chayim's Community Room |
| Description: | We will meet on alternate Thursday evenings from January to May. |
| Event Type: | Speaker Series |
| Date: | Jun 05, 2008 |
| Title: | Women in the Bible |
| Speaker(s): | Penina Weinberg |
| Start: | 7:15 pm |
| End: | 8:45 pm |
| Location: | Eitz Chayim's Community Room |
| Description: | We will meet on alternate Thursday evenings from January to May. |
Recent Speakers
| Date | Time | Title | Speaker(s) |
| 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 | 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 |
| Event Type: | Speaker Series |
| Date: | May 11, 2008 |
| Title: | Esther and Simon Adler: From Under the Heel of the Nazi Boot - A Journey to Freedom |
| Speaker(s): | Esther and Simon Adler leads our discussion |
| Start: | 10:00 am |
| End: | 12:00 pm |
| Location: | Eitz Chayim Community Room |
| Description: | Esther and Simon Adler were born in Germany and grew up under Nazi rule. Each managed to escape before WWII broke out, but not without leaving family members behind. They will talk about their childhoods in Nazi Germany and their journeys to Eretz Yisrael, where they survived during the Holocaust. |
| Event Type: | Speaker Series |
| Date: | May 08, 2008 |
| Title: | Women in the Bible |
| Speaker(s): | Penina Weinberg |
| Start: | 7:30 pm |
| End: | 8:45 pm |
| Location: | Eitz Chayim's Community Room |
| Description: | We will meet on alternate Thursday evenings from January to May. |
| Event Type: | Speaker Serie |