Washington Hebrew Congregation
:: Contact Information
Chair
Leslie Maitland
email: LeslieMaitland@gmail.com

General Information
Layne Weiss
phone: 202-895-6307
email: LWeiss@whctemple.org

:: Amram Scholar Series

Thought-Provoking Programs for the WHC Community

The Amram Scholar Series offers a dynamic program of free public lectures in which world-renowned speakers, authors, scholars, political leaders, policy experts, and theologians share their perspectives on timely issues or their research into Jewish culture and history. It traces its beginnings to 1954, when the Congregation moved into its new Macomb Street home. That fall, the Temple launched an ambitious Sunday lecture program as part of a nationwide celebration marking the 300th anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States.

 

2012-2013    AMRAM SCHOLAR SERIES
Upcoming Events
11/04/12 Sunday Mordechai Bar-On on Moshe Dayan
11/07/12 Wednesday Doreen Rappaport on
Beyond Courage
(Kristallnacht, 7:30 pm at Annunciation Church)
12/02/12 Sunday Mirabai Starr on God of Love
12/09/12 Sunday Yoram Hazony on
The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture
01/06/13 Sunday Yehuda Kurtzer on
Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past
01/27/13 Sunday Jacques Berlinerblau on
“Is Secularism Anti-Religious?”
02/03/13 Sunday Rabbi David Ellenson
02/04/13 Monday Rabbi Judith Abrams on
Talmud Tales at 7:00 pm
02/10/13 Sunday Reuven Firestone on Holy War in Judaism
03/03/13 Sunday Theodore Ross on Am I a Jew?
03/14/13 Thursday Derek Royal on Philip Roth at 7:30 pm
03/24/13 Sunday M.G. Lord on The Accidental Feminist
03/31/13 Sunday Joy Ladin on Through the Door of Life
04/07/13 Sunday Rabbi Rick Jacobs,  President of URJ
04/08/13 Monday Rabbi Barry Schwartz
Judaism’s Great Debates at 7:00 pm
05/05/13 Sunday Marc Nobleman Batman’s Jewish Roots
All lectures are at 10:30 am at Temple unless otherwise noted

 

The Amram Scholar Series is delighted to present again a multi-session study program by Melvin I. Urofsky of Virginia Commonwealth University. Professor Urofsky will offer three lectures on Hate Speech. On Wednesday, October 24 he will discuss Hate Speech in History with an Emphasis on Antisemitism; on Wednesday, October 31 the session will address Hate Speech in the United States Today, and a third session in November (date to be determined) will focus on Responses to Hate Speech in American Law.

The WHC Journal, Thursday’s Live@WHC e-newsletter, and the Temple website will provide additional details on these programs.