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

12/4,12/11,12/18 @ 3:00 PM/ CH & 12/25@ 4:00 PM/ CH

Instructor: Stuart Liss 

12/4 Barbara Eden Starring as the titular genie in I Dream of Jeannie, Barbara Eden became a beloved icon nearly overnight, and her fame continues to this day. But Eden’s sweet blonde looks, and bubbly disposition hid a multitude of nightmares. Behind the fantasy, she went through hell.

12/11 Sonny Bono and Cher’s celebrity romance wasn’t the fairytale it seemed to be. But that wasn’t all. Fate had the darkest twist in store for Sonny—and he never saw it coming.

12/18 John Candy was the larger-than-life Canadian comedian who inspired the biggest laughs and had an even bigger heart. Sadly, his comedy masked his dark truth.

12/25 Rasputin rose from an illiterate Russian peasant to one of the most powerful men in the Romanov Empire, and he did it by means that still stump historians today. Loved by an ardent, powerful few and hated by the masses, dark rumors always swirled around the “Mad Monk” who had the Tsarina in his thrall…including the details of his mysterious end. The trouble is that some of those rumors are true.