Free Event: Classi Lectures & Beth Tikvah Synagogue Toronto
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Sunday Night at the Movies – The Passengers
The Passengers tells the story of the final community of Ethiopian Jews and their struggle to immigrate to Israel. While on a fateful trip to America as part of a grassroots advocacy campaign, a pair of Ethiopian best friends confront culture shock, homesickness and the pressures of representing their abandoned community. With intimate access and detailed historical context, their own journey reveals the thorny politics and attitudes surrounding Ethiopian Jewry, and the Zionist ideal.
Sunday, November 22 @ 7:45pm on Zoom
Q&A with Director Ryan Porush Moderated by Rabbi Louis J. Sachs
REGISTER:
Register at any time by going to this link and clicking pre-order at the Eventive platform here:
https://watch.eventive.org/passengers/play/5f860dd40427e200b486cde0
You will also receive a confirmation email together with the Zoom link for the Q&A on Sunday, November 22 at 7:45pm.
WATCH! Anytime at your convenience between November 18 & 25
JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Use Zoom link provided at registration to join
Q & A online Sunday, November 22 @ 7:45pm
Sponsored by Classi Lectures
Book Review Series with Cathy Tile
Cathy Tile, fantastic book reviewer will “unpack” each book & make time for a general Q & A and discussion. Handouts will be provided together with the zoom link info prior to each meeting.
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
Mon, Nov 23, 2020
Also in this series…
Lara Prescott Review
Mon, Jan 4, 2021
Isabel Allende Review
Mon, Feb 22, 2021
Jenny Erpenbeck Review
Mon, April 12, 2021
Colum McCann Review
Mon, May 31, 2021
All lectures on Zoom at 7:30pm-8:30pm EST
About Cathy Tile:
Cathy came to reviewing books via a short teaching career followed by researching and writing features for CBC – Morningside – in the 70’s.
She was asked by the Toronto Board of Education to develop a course based on a feature called “It’s Okay to stay Home.”
She started Living Literature Seminars in 1980 and has given hundreds of book reviews across the city.
The Walls Have Ears
Sunday, November 29 (11-12 EST 4-5pm GMT)
Astonishing stories of how secret listeners discovered information and trapped German Generals into revealing war secrets.
In this astonishing history, Helen Fry uncovers the inner workings of the bugging operation. On arrival at stately-homes-turned-prisons like Trent Park, high-ranking German generals and commanders were given a “phony” interrogation, then treated as “guests,” wined and dined at exclusive clubs, and encouraged to talk. And so it was that the Allies got access to some of Hitler’s most closely guarded secrets—and from those most entrusted to protect them.
Demystifying German Opera – Series
All lectures are on Zoom
Demystifying German Opera – A basic introduction to Wagner (in an hour!)
Sunday, November 29 (4:00-5:15pm EST)
Also in the series…
Demystifying German Opera – German Opera after Wagner? (Richard Strauss)
Sunday, December 6 (4:00-5:15pm EST) About Iain Scott:
Iain Scott is perhaps one of Canada’s best-known and most popular opera educator and tour leader.
For 25 years, he was a regular and frequent guest on CBC radio’s “Saturday Afternoon at the Opera” and for 8 seasons, he was a guest panelist on the “Texaco Opera Quiz” from the Metropolitan in New York.
He now regularly teaches courses at the University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University, George Brown College, Jewish Community Centres, etc. … and increasingly in private homes.
He is in constant demand as a lecturer for guilds, societies and opera companies across North America, including:
- the Smithsonian Institution
- the Chautauqua Institution
- Opera America and
- almost every Wagner Society in the US and Canada.
Before COVID, he organized a variety of Opera tours to European and North American opera houses each spring and fall … and hopefully will again …
Demystifying German Opera – Series
All lectures are on Zoom
Demystifying German Opera – A basic introduction to Wagner (in an hour!)
Monday, November 30 (2:30-3:45pm EST)
Also in the series…
Demystifying German Opera – German Opera after Wagner? (Richard Strauss)
Monday, December 7 (2:30-3:45pm EST)
About Iain Scott:
Iain Scott is perhaps one of Canada’s best-known and most popular opera educator and tour leader.
For 25 years, he was a regular and frequent guest on CBC radio’s “Saturday Afternoon at the Opera” and for 8 seasons, he was a guest panelist on the “Texaco Opera Quiz” from the Metropolitan in New York.
He now regularly teaches courses at the University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University, George Brown College, Jewish Community Centres, etc. … and increasingly in private homes.
He is in constant demand as a lecturer for guilds, societies and opera companies across North America, including:
- the Smithsonian Institution
- the Chautauqua Institution
- Opera America and
- almost every Wagner Society in the US and Canada.
Before COVID, he organized a variety of Opera tours to European and North American opera houses each spring and fall … and hopefully will again …
Lecture on Zoom
Tuesday, December 1 @ 2:30-3:45pm
2020 has provided us clear vision about the everyday we used to take for granted. Nevermind celebrating life events and joining crowds for urban playtime, simply eating out, shopping, and getting together with family and friends are all a challenge.
Join us for a close look with Rena Tobey at artworks created by American artists from the mid-1800s to the Great Depression.
These works exuberantly depict all those small and larger moments of urban life, and you may find they provide just the refresher you’ve been waiting for.
About Rena Tobey
Rena’s greatest passion is making art accessible, invigorating, insightful, and fun.
She teaches art history at NYU’s School for Professional Studies, conducts lively, interactive tours of museum collections, and provides talks on American art for community organizations.
Just for fun, she has created Artventures!® Game–a cheeky party game on the adventures of art and art history.
MA, Art History, Hunter College
BA, Art History, Dean’s Scholar Program in American Art, University of Delaware
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The early 20th century was marked by rapid industrial, economic, social, and cultural change. In our next series,
