ADULT EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE IN THE FALL!
Thank you to our Adult Ed Committee on another successful year!
If you missed any of our Adult Ed Programs, we have listed them below:
If you missed any of our Adult Ed Programs, we have listed them below:
Previous Adult Ed Programs
From Darkness to Hope, a Holocaust Survival Story
By Fred Feldman
By Fred Feldman
Dr. Fred Feldman was born in Azerbaijan during World War II while his parents were fleeing from advancing German armies. His parents had been in their home village of Sokolow Podlaski, Poland on September 1939 when the German army overran Poland and occupied their town. During a break in the war, his parents managed to escape to safety in the Russian zone where they roamed for thousands of miles while events and armies continued to threaten their safety and their lives. They fled northeast to the Ural Mountains near Asia then south to Crimea and later escaped to Azerbaijan. Fred was born in Azerbaijan near Baku northeast of Iran. When the war finally ended and they returned to Poland, Fred and his family were sent to one displaced persons’ camp after another in Austria and eventually received visas to immigrate to the United States in 1949.
As a Holocaust survivor, Fred has traced his family history over the last 50 years and the family’s odyssey during and after the war which he will present with stories, maps, and pictures.
As a Holocaust survivor, Fred has traced his family history over the last 50 years and the family’s odyssey during and after the war which he will present with stories, maps, and pictures.
January 29, 2017:
Why Do Jews by Choice Choose Judaism
Panel Moderated by Rabbi Korinow
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
LINDA K. WERTHEIMER Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance |
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Award-winning author and former Boston Globe Education Editor Linda K. Wertheimer will speak about her book, Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance, which examines the debate about religion’s place in public schools and explores how and why it is important to teach students about religious diversity and tolerance. The book stems from a Boston Globe Magazine cover story Ms. Wertheimer wrote concerning the controversy Wellesley Middle School faced after taking children on a field trip to a mosque. "At a time when religion and intolerance are at the heart of conflicts both global and local, this powerful book is required reading." Mitchell Zuckoff, author of 13 Hours and Lost in Shangri-La.
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New York Times bestselling author (and Temple Emanu-El Religious School alumnus) Larry Tye returns to Temple Emanu-El to speak about his most recent book, Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon, which chronicles RFK's transformation from cold warrior to fiery leftist. "We are in Larry Tye's debt for bringing back to life the young presidential candidate who, . . . for a brief moment, almost half a century ago, instilled hope for the future in angry, fearful Americans." David Nasaw, New York Times. Three years ago, Mr. Tye fascinated a Temple Emanu-El audience when he spoke about his book Superman: The High-Flying History of the Man of Steel.
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Susan Harris O'Connor, MSW, is a national solo performance artist of her book, The Harris Narratives: An Introspective Study of a Transracial Adoptee, which memorializes Ms. Harris O'Connor's own experience as a transracially adopted child raised in a Jewish home. Her narratives have been featured over one hundred times at places such as the Smith College Summer Lecture series, Harvard Medical School conference series, Yale Law, NAACP, and Starbucks Coffee. She is published by the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism and by the esteemed journal Adoption and Fostering where her racial identity theory for transracially adopted persons is featured. Ms. Harris O'Connor has received the Outstanding Practitioner in Adoption Award from St. John's University and the President's Award from the American Adoption Congress.
The Temple Emanu-El Author Series, a joint program of HaSifriyah and the Adult Education Committee, wrapped up on December 11, as a crowd of over 125 came to hear New York Times bestselling novelist Anita Diamant speak about her latest novel, The Boston Girl. Thanks to the members of the Adult Education Committee for all their hard work in planning and executing the Author Series, to all who brought food for our breakfasts and spread the word about the program, and to everyone who attended the Author Series and helped make it such a success. A special thanks goes to Temple Executive Director Nancy LaFleur for her assistance and support.
