Thursdays – Famous Jewish Personalities in Politics, Science, Music and Art

11/6 @ 3:15 PM  11/13 & 11/20 @ 3:00 PM/ CH

Instructor: Stuart Liss 

11/6: Diane Keaton Known for her idiosyncratic personality and self-deprecating sense of humor, the multi-talented actress and filmmaker Diane Keaton has been called a trendsetting, gender-bending fashion icon with a professional style that is impossible to impersonate. With a colorful creative life that involved dating many of her co-stars and rolling with the punches a fickle film industry swung her way, Keaton was a true Hollywood survivor—all the way up until her passing on October 11, 2025.

11/13 Pete Seeger Music has the power to define a generation. Many artists use their words to express their beliefs and paint a picture of a world they wish to exist in. However, few artists possessed the talent and the backbone to do so in the way that Pete Seeger did. Seeger refused to back down from his beliefs even when the world attempted to condemn him for them.

11/20 Omar Sharif He was a giant of Egyptian cinema in his early days, a striking screen presence in his English-language films, and a language savant. But for all his talent, Omar Sharif had vices—including a gambling problem that took over his later life. And despite all his womanizing, there was only one real love of his life, a love that he lost and never replaced.