Wednesdays – College Behind Bars
3/19 & 3/26 @ 1:00 PM/CH Instructor: Harriet Hendel 3/19 Part 3 “Every Single Word Matters" Documentary by Ken Burns 3/26 Part 4 "Home Is A Work In Progress “Documentary by Ken Burns...
March 3, 2025
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Wednesday – Cantor’s Class
3/5, 3/19 & 3/26 @ 2:15 PM /CH Hosted by: Cantor Jana Schachter 3/5 Cantor’s Class-In this class we learn about the traditions and observances of the upcoming holiday, Purim. 3/19 World Religions-In this class we learn about Taoism. 3/ 26 Cantor’s Class-In this class we will begin learning...
March 3, 2025
Thursday – Ethics in Modern Life
3/6 & 3/20 @ 11:00 AM/MR Hosted by: Sarah Rosenson In each of these sessions we will discuss a different ethical issue that has strong arguments on both sides. Our issues will be drawn from a wide range of sources and will cover a wide variety of...
March 3, 2025
Thursdays – History of San Francisco
3/13 & 3/27 @ 11:00 AM/MR Hosted by: Barbara Anderson In March we will wrap up “Inventions that Changed Our Lives” and segue into “History of San Francisco.” Learn much more about this “city by the bay” than its gold rush and earthquake. Levi Strauss, Joe Di Maggio...
March 3, 2025
Thursdays – I’m Your (Jewish) Man – The (Sacred) Songs of Leonard Cohen
3/13, & 3/27 @ 2:00 PM/CH Instructor: Ira Miller 3/14 When he reviewed Cohen's 15 studio albums, Ira found 24 songs that had a basis in some aspect of Jewish thought, compared to five reflecting Buddhist thought, six mentioning some aspect of Jesus, and 11 clearly about...
March 3, 2025
Thursdays – Famous Jewish Personalities in Politics, Science, Music and Art
3/6 @ 3:15 PM/ CH, 3/13, 3/20, & 3/27@ 3:00 PM/ CH Instructor: Stuart Liss 3/6 Sally Ride: in 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go up into outer space (just a couple decades after Star Trek had introduced that idea to pop culture). It would...
March 3, 2025
Fridays – Gold of the Pharaohs: The Discovery of the Intact Tomb of King Psusennes
3/7 & 3/14 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Stephen “Dr. Steve” Phillips, Ph.D. In over 30 years of traveling to and working in Egypt, Dr. Steve has visited numerous ancient sites that are not typically on the tourist map. Whenever possible, we would use our days off from...
March 3, 2025
Fridays – Opera
3/7 & 3/21 @ 1:00 PM/CH Join host Gerry Tremblay as he explores the back drop to some of the world’s most famous operas fun for all opera lovers. ...
March 3, 2025
Sundays – Art History Appreciation The Renaissance
The Renaissance After the fall of Constantinople and the recovery of Europe from the plague, a “rebirth” of interest in the ancient classical Greek and Roman forms of art and architecture flourished. A rise in interest in scientific and historical things inspired the development of new...
March 3, 2025
Sundays – “Classical Music in Context”
3/16 @ 7:30 PM/MR Instructor: Joel Sheffield Joel Sheffield will present the first in what might become a series of talks in which he selects a specific year and discusses the music, poetry, and even some science of that period. For the talk on March 16, consider...
March 3, 2025