The Middle East Union a dream or a reality? - The status and momentum gathering of the normalization of relations between Israel and many Arab nations. Why is it happening, why now and what it may mean for the prospects for the region? In the Series: Mon. May 2: Introduction to the Modern Middle East […]
Three new summer lectures! May 31: Modigliani & Soutine as Portraitists A surprising friendship developed between these two artists from very different backgrounds. Join Patrick Bade as he explores their influence and styles Amedeo Modigliani was the epitome of a tragic artist. Born to a bourgeois family in Italy. It was only after he discovered […]
The Gershwins! George and Ira Gershwin will always be remembered as the songwriting team whose voice was synonymous with the sounds and style of the Jazz Age. Though they had many individual song hits, their greatest achievement may have been the elevation of musical comedy to an American art form. In the series: Each of […]
The World and the Middle East – The present and future role of the world powers: China, the United States and Russia and how it may change as a result of the Russia invasion of Ukraine and the increased economic influence of China and the military retreat of the United States from the region. In […]
"Stories From the Border: Courage Resilience and Hope" Rabbi Grimberg’s talk stems from her experience as a refugee from the Soviet Ukraine and her recent trip to Krakow and the Polish/Ukrainian Border bringing humanitarian relief. Her presentation will be rooted in Jewish text and its message, punctuated by art, music and stories. FREE LECTURE - […]
Rose is back! She will demo some great easy, healthy and delicious Summer Entertaining Recipes and we always have fun. Lots of side tidbits on cooking and gadgets, and she helps answer all our pesky questions on substitutes and allergies! Recording and recipes will be available.
Trudy Gold continues telling the stories of "the Wandering Jews" as they journeyed from country to country. The exhilarating story of a people's survival exiled from their homeland by the Romans and their survival as a group in the Diaspora in spite of constant expulsion. Ottoman Empire During the Classical Ottoman period, the Jews, together […]
Pauline Pankowski and Eva Stachniak discuss Eva's new book The School of Mirrors THE SCHOOL OF MIRRORS is an amazing tribute to the role of Midwives set in the French Revolution. A scintillating, gorgeously written historical novel about a mother and a daughter in eighteenth-century France, beginning with decadence and palace intrigue at Versailles and ending […]
Become a Classi Member for our special summer rate! Enjoy all our lectures from June 20 - August 31 for $50 Great lectures to choose from! Broadway & 60's music with Jordan Klapman - 2 lectures Prof Ori Soltes will fascinate you on "Jewish Art and Architecture " - 2 lectures The Wandering Jews 2 […]
Tradition and Transformation: Ori is back for a series of two lectures! Georgetown University art historian Ori Soltes will walk us through 3,000 years of Jewish art and architecture based on his book Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art & Architecture. A project three decades in the making, the volume presents a staggeringly […]
A new series with Trudy Gold telling the stories of "the Wandering Jews" as they journeyed from country to country. The exhilarating story of a people's survival exiled from their homeland by the Romans and their survival as a group in the Diaspora in spite of constant expulsion. Poland Before the outbreak of World War […]
Classi Lectures together with Beth Tikvah Synagogue bring you another Spring/Summer Virtual Reading Series Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman and delves into her parents’ Holocaust stories in the wake of her own divorce, investigating how trauma migrates through generations with empathy, humour, and resilience. Marsha was five when […]
The second talk considers the swelling surge of Jewish participation in the visual arts in the twentieth and twenty-first century, and what that has meant for ever-broadening questions that encompass increasingly diverse forms of visual artistic productivity that might fall under the umbrella of "Jewish art." What evolve as recognizable symbols or subjects? Are there particular subjects or artistic […]
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