Mar 29, 2011
Speaker: Prof. Fred Lazin, Professor of
Local Government at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the
Visiting Professor of Israel Studies at American
University
Location: B'nai Israel Congregation; Rockville,
MD
President Harry Truman famously became the first head of state to
recognize the new State of Israel in...
Mar 22, 2011
Speaker: Prof. Fred Lazin, Professor of
Local Government at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the
Visiting Professor of Israel Studies at American
University
Location: B'nai Israel Congregation; Rockville,
MD
This session explored the major conflicts that ignite passions in
the Middle East, only one of which is...
Mar 15, 2011
Speaker: Dr. Samuel Heilman, Harold
Proshansky Chair in Jewish Studies at the Graduate Center and is
Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City
University of New York
Location: Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue;
Washington, DC
This lecture discussed a worldwide movement of Jewish
Outreach...
Mar 1, 2011
Speaker: Prof. Calvin Goldscheider,
Ungerleider Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies and Professor
Emeritus of Sociology at Brown University, Providence, Rhode
Island
Location: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue;
Washington, DC
The Mishnah is a third century set of Jewish texts consisting of 63
volumes organized around an...