Thursdays – Famous Jewish Personalities in Politics, Science, Music and Art
3/5 @ 3:15 PM/ CH, 3/12, 3/19, & 3/26@ 3:00 PM/ CH
Instructor: Stuart Liss
3/5 Helen Keller is a household name. Everyone knows the story of the blind, deaf woman who defied the odds. However, what do we truly know about the woman she was beyond her disabilities? Discover the true Helen Keller, the woman who overcame incredible odds and wrote a life story that still inspires us all.
3/12 After leading Great Britain through WWII, Winston Churchill became one of history’s most towering figures—yet despite this, so few know the truth about his life. Behind the notorious bluster and the legendary speeches, Churchill hid secrets, vulnerabilities, and mistakes that might have toppled a nation.
3/19 The Captains of Industry, perhaps known better as The Robber Barons. Or, maybe, simply known by the brand names that they now are, a century after they helped build the United States on the backs of its people (JP Morgan, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, the list goes on). Everyone has certainly heard the names, even if they don’t know all about the men themselves: the Astors, the Fords, the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, the Vanderbilts. But what did they do to make their money?
3/26 Paul Simon once sang, “I am a rock, I am an island”—and he wasn’t lying. Simon’s songwriting brilliance is as complicated as the man himself. Beneath the chart-topping, era-defining music, he was a minefield of neuroses: obsessed with control, wracked with self-doubt, and locked in one of music’s most outrageous feuds with his angel-voiced partner, Art Garfunkel.
