Thursdays – Famous Jewish Personalities in Politics, Science, Music and Art
6/6 @ 3:15 ,6/20 & 6/27 @ 3:00 PM/ CH
Instructor: Stuart Liss
6/6 Montgomery Clift: Sensitive, mysterious, brooding, and suspiciously single. These are just among the many words which have been used to describe Montgomery Clift, the enigmatic heartthrob of the 1950s. He was one of Hollywood’s most desirable leading men, but mystery shrouded his entire private life. It wasn’t until years after his tragic passing that Clift’s darkest secret finally came out.
6/20 Walt Whitman to his fans, Walt Whitman was synonymous with everything American: unbridled freedom, boundless opportunity and heedless optimism. But there’s another side to the story. To his detractors, Whitman was nothing more than a dangerous predator, cloaking his carnal desires in pretty words.
6/27 Lord Byron: Hailed as one of the greatest poets in the history of the English language, Lord Byron and his poetry continue to be admired and studied to this day. What has also endured, however, is Byron’s dark legacy as a person, with a history of heartbreak, seduction, and even taboo relationships to his name.
