Wednesday, October 23, 7:00 pm at Temple
Deborah Lipstadt - Antisemitism: Here and Now
Professor Lipstadt teaches Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University; she was portrayed by Rachel Weisz in the film Denial, based on her legal battle with Holocaust denier David Irving.
Sunday, October 27, 10:30 am at Temple
David Harris - "Facing Challenges: American and World Jewry"
The CEO of the American Jewish Committee since 1990, Mr. Harris was described by the late Israeli President Shimon Peres as the "foreign minister of the Jewish people."
Sunday, November 3, 10:30 am at Temple - EVENT CANCELED
Jodi Kantor - "'#MeToo,' She Said: Documenting Kolot Isha (Women’s Voices)"
Ms. Kantor is a Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times investigative reporter and co-author of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement.
Wednesday, November 6, 7:00 pm (WHC's Kristallnacht Commemoration)
Michael Dobbs - The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between
Mr. Dobbs, a former foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, is a scholar and writer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Presented in partnership with the Jewish Book Council.
Sunday, January 5, 10:30 am at Temple
Jamie Bernstein - Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
The daughter of the late composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, Ms. Bernstein is an author and filmmaker.
Presented in partnership with the Jewish Book Council.
Sunday, February 2, 10:30 am at Temple
Robert Klitzman & Jamie Metzl - "Recreating Humanity: Moral Choices and Genetic Engineering"
Dr. Klitzman, a professor of psychiatry and bioethics at Columbia University, is the author of Designing Babies: How Technology is Changing the Ways We Create Children. Mr. Metzl -- a prominent futurist who has served in the White House, State Department, and United Nations -- is the author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity.
Presented in partnership with the Jewish Book Council.
Sunday, March 1, 10:30 am at Temple
Kirsten Fermaglich - A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America
Professor Fermaglich teaches history and Jewish studies at Michigan State University.
Presented in partnership with the Jewish Book Council.
Sunday, April 19, 10:30 am at Temple
Robert Mnookin - The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World
A leading scholar in the field of conflict resolution, Professor Mnookin teaches at the Harvard Law School and directs Harvard's Negotiation Research Project.
Presented in partnership with the Jewish Book Council.
Sunday, June 7, 5:00 pm at Temple (Closing Lecture & Reception)
Paul Mendes-Flohr - Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
Professor Mendes-Flohr, an eminent scholar of modern Jewish thought, teaches at the University of Chicago and is an emeritus professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.