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The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to World Food Programme (WFP) "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict." As the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security, the WFP is the United Nation’s program focused on eradicating acute hunger and food insecurity. Dr. Freedman will discuss the WFP as well as food insecurity in our local community.
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Friday, June 11 | noon - 1:30 p.m. ET
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300 seats
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing." Charpentier and Doudna discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. Dr. Conlon will discuss the development and usage of CRISPR, as well as some of the ethical considerations of this tool.
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Friday, May 14 noon - 1:30 p.m. ET
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300 seats
Homer’s Odyssey is one of the oldest masterpieces of world literature and its influence extends beyond the confines of a specific discipline or time period. We will analyze and discuss this epic poem, which is made up of 24 books. We will also delve into related topics such as Odysseus’ voyage and adventures the Greek concepts of challenge, honor, heroism and otherness and the conflicting concepts of death v. memory v. fame and of poetry v. history v. mythology.
Read: Suggested translation: The Odyssey by Homer, Robert Fitzgerald (Translator) (ISBN 978-0374525743) More
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Tuesdays, April 6 - May 11 | 4 - 5:30 p.m. ET
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23 open seats left
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30 seats
Join Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum to honor the memory of Lord Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time. As we mark 6 months since his death, Zarum, who received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Lord Sacks, will draw on his personal experiences and interactions, to show how “Rabbi Sacks, more than any rabbi I know, spoke to our generation.” More
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Monday, May 3 noon - 1:30 p.m. ET
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187 open seats left
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200 seats
The Association for Continuing Education is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing and supporting continuing education programs in cooperation with the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University.
Membership is open to those who love to learn. ACE independently provides the Grazella Shepard Lecture Day, Discussion Day,Acclaimed Authors Luncheon and the Annual Book Sale, trips, a semi-annual newsletter and a summer luncheon series featuring local authors. More
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September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020
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700 seats
The Association for Continuing Education has chosen On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong as the book for common reading for Book Discussion Day. Read this award-winning novel then hear Professor John McBratney’s lecture. Although this event will be presented as a webinar, participants will be able to ask questions in the Q&A portion of the talk. Speaker: John McBratney, Ph.D., Professor of English, John Carroll University This lecture is offered by the Association for Continuing Education (ACE)
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Monday, April 19 | 1 - 3 p.m. ET
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150 seats
The Association for Continuing Education is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing and supporting continuing education programs in cooperation with the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University.
Membership is open to those who love to learn. ACE independently provides the Grazella Shepherd Lecture Day, Discussion Day, Acclaimed Authors Luncheon and the Annual Book Sale, trips, a semi-annual newsletter and a summer luncheon series featuring local authors. More
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September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021
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472 open seats left
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700 seats
Join Gila Silverman for an informal discussion on the recent lecture: Chutzpah to Chidush: A Century of Yiddish with speaker Sarah Bunin Benor presented on March 17.
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Monday, March 22 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET
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50 seats
A casual conversation with Gila Silverman, Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning, dedicated to further discussion of a book or topic featured in a recent Jewish Studies course or lecture.
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Monday, June 28 | 1:30 - 3 p.m. ET
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A casual conversation with Gila Silverman, Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning, dedicated to further discussion of a book or topic featured in a recent Jewish Studies course or lecture.
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Monday, April 26 | 1:30 - 3 p.m. ET
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30 seats
A casual conversation with Gila Silverman, Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning, dedicated to further discussion of a book or topic featured in a recent Jewish Studies course or lecture.
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Monday, May 24 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET
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50 seats
Allied leaders met frequently during the war to develop strategy and to set a course for the post-war world. We will focus on the several high-level meetings – those which involved the “Big Three” – from Casablanca to Potsdam. Status of the war effort against the Axis will be reviewed at the time of each conference. Material includes historians' articles, documents and maps.
This course is offered with the generous support of the Association for Continuing Education (ACE). More
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Thursdays, April 8 - May 27 | 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
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25 open seats left
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25 seats
Join Professor Steven Windmueller to examine American Jewish behavior in reaction to our country in crisis. Discuss Jewish response to the pandemic Israel's relationship with and the reshaping of the diaspora Anti-Semitism during the age of Coronavirus and the history of Jewish political behavior during a crisis and how that impacted the 2020 election.
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Thursdays, March 4-25 7-8 p.m. EST
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186 open seats left
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200 seats
While American literary history didn't begin in the 1850s in Concord, Massachusetts, it certainly blossomed there. This small town an hour west of Boston was home to a band of writers whose works still resonate with modern readers. In this course, we will read Susan Cheever's American Bloomsbury and examine the way the writers in this group challenged, influenced, and ultimately bettered one another. We'll also read a selection of each author's work in full.
Read: American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work , Susan Cheever (ISBN 9780743264624) More
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Thursdays, May 6 - June 24 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. ET
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30 seats
A full understanding of American culture requires looking at the role doctrinal and personal religious belief has played in our politics from the time of the Pilgrims through the events of June, 2020. This course will trace some of the major elements of religion and politics in American culture.
Reading: Jon Meacham: American Gospel (Random House, 2007) ISBN: 9780812976663 More
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Fridays, March 5–April 9 10–11:30 a.m. ET
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30 seats
The Jesuits labeled him “the devil’s partner in crime,” Frederick the Great of Prussia called him “a monster” who wished to destroy humanity, and his name appears frequently in the plays of Shakespeare in reference to nefarious and murderous characters. Vilified and demonized almost immediately after the publication of his book, the very name Machiavelli has divided readers and critics. This seminar will introduce students to the historical figure of Niccolò Machiavelli through an in-depth discussion of the intellectual, historical, and political contexts into which The Prince was published. We will introduce readers to the major themes of The Prince against the backdrop of the historical reality of the political and philosophical climate of 15th and 16th century Florence in the aim of unraveling the complex mystery and mythology surrounding this towering figure of Renaissance thought.
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Wednesday, May 5 | 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET
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300 seats
As a part of the Israeli Speaker Series, join Siegal Lifelong Learning for an informal Hebrew conversation with author Emuna Elon. (For Hebrew speakers only)
This series is supported by the Herbert and Marianna Luxenberg Siegal College Israel Lecture Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. The series is offered in partnership with the Cleveland Israel Arts Connection of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. More
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Wednesday, April 7 12 p.m. ET
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50 seats
As a part of the Israeli Speaker Series, join Siegal Lifelong Learning for an informal Hebrew conversation with screenwriter and author Ron Leshem. (For Hebrew speakers only)
This series is supported by the Herbert and Marianna Luxenberg Siegal College Israel Lecture Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. The series is offered in partnership with the Cleveland Israel Arts Connection of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. More
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Thursday, April 22 | 12:30 p.m. ET
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The Merchant of Venice, Oliver Twist and Trilby are English literary classics, which have stood the test of time. Each work’s lasting relevance is due, in large part, to the influence of its leading Jewish character. In fact, the characters have become so synonymous with their Jewishness, that their names are part of modern antiSemitic vernacular. In this class, we will study the portrayal of these characters – Shylock, Fagin and Svengali – while examining how and why numerous anti-Semitic tropes thrive and endure.
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Thursdays, June 3 - 24 | 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET
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35 seats
As a part of the Israeli Speaker Series, join Siegal Lifelong Learning for a conversation with Yehonatan Indursky, screenwriter known for Shtisel and Autonomies.
Filmmaker and celebrated screenwriter Yehonatan Indursky, creator of Shtissel, speaks about his show Autonomies, a dystopian drama set in an alternate reality of present day Israel. A nation torn and divided by a wall into the secular “State of Israel,” with Tel Aviv as its capital, and the “Haredi Autonomy” in Jerusalem, run by the ultraOrthodox. Indursky speaks about the conception of the show, and the reality of the ultraOrthodox communities in Israel. Here is a link and password to access the full show of Autonomies: Password: 111
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Tuesday, March 16 | 11:00 a.m. ET
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300 seats
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