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SundaySun, 2 FebFebruary, 2025

 
 
Movin’ On Up: Jews and Upward Mobility in Popular Entertainment with Ted Merwin

Sunday, Feb 2nd 7:30p to 9:00pLong before Tevye sings about the kind of ostentatious house he wishes his family could inhabit in Fiddler on the Roof, the complicated Jewish relationship with our homes has been key to understanding depictions of Jews in American pop culture.

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SundaySun, 30 MarMarch, 2025

 
 
Josephus’s Masada Story: Martyrs, Murders, and Myth with Jonathan Klawans

Sunday, Mar 30th 7:30p to 9:00pThe story of mass suicide at Masada has been told by our only contemporary source, Josephus, the first-century Jewish historian, priest, autobiographer and general. Although his histories may have been written for a Roman audience, this presentation evaluates the story in the context of ancient Jewish sectarianism and nationalism. The validity of the story will be probed, and taken into consideration will be the attitudes toward suicide and martyrdom as articulated by Josephus and other ancient Jewish sources.

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SundaySun, 4 MayMay, 2025

 
 
L.I.F.E. Lecture - The Politzer Saga: Reclaiming My Hungarian Jewish Heritage with Linda Ambrus Broenniman

Sunday, May 4th 7:30p to 9:00pThere was a housefire in 2011. The contents of a box that survived became the catalyst for a quest whose seeds were planted in 1983—the day Linda Ambrus Broenniman learned that her Catholic father was Jewish and what little family history she knew was a lie. Searching for truth, Linda pieces together the astonishing story of her Jewish ancestors—the Politzer family—their remarkable lives lost to her father’s secrets.

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Mon, January 13 2025 13 Tevet 5785