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Current Politics with Member David Zarefsky

Members Register Here Guests Register Here A continuing lecture-discussion class on contemporary public issues of interest to Jews as citizens. On January 27, topics will include the Trump inauguration and a reassessment of Jimmy Carter’s legacy. David Zarefsky is the Owen L. Coon Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, specializing in argumentation and ...

Israeli Author Etgar Keret’s Short Stories: Parents and Children Through an Israeli Looking Glass led by Member Hanna Tzuker-Seltzer

Members Register Here Guests Register Here Beth Emet member Dr. Hanna Tzuker-Seltzer will discuss two stories by the Israeli writer Etgar Keret: "Pride and Joy" and "Breaking the Pig." The stories focus on the complex relationships between parents and children in Israel, raising questions, including whether these stories are particularly Israeli or rather universal. Copies ...

Resilience-A Sansei Sense of Legacy

Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Dr, Skokie

Members Register Here Guests Register Here During World War II, approximately 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly moved to and incarcerated in internment camps located in remote areas of the Midwest and western United States. About two-thirds of them were American citizens. Tour a special exhibition at the Holocaust Museum of eight artists who ...