Dr. Stephen S. Berk
646-292-9480
rabbistudy to templeisraelnyc period org
Professor of History, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Spellbinding Scholar, Delightful Raconteur
140th Anniversary Winter Scholar-in-Resident
Friday, March 4 - Thursday, March 10
The Shaping of the American Jewish Experience
"...an amazing speaker, never using a note!"
"Students stand around the block to get to hear him teach."
"Union College's most esteemed lecturer."
Friday, March 4, 6pm "Promised Land: Zion in America"
Saturday, March 5, 10:30am
"An American Tale of Two Wise Men & A Rich Man:
I.M. Wise, Stephen Wise & Jacob Schiff"
Sunday, March 6, 9:30 am Coffee & Danish and Lunch
SUNDAY @ the MOVIES! HESTER STREET
Special Film Screening & Historical Review
Lectures
7:30-9pm, with dessert receptions
Monday, March 7
"New York, New York!
The American Jewish Garden of Eden"
Tuesday, March 8
"Roosevelt & the Jews"
Wednesday, March 9
"Truman, '48 & the Creation of Israel"
Four Session Seminar
Monday-Thursday, March 7th - 10th, 8:30-9:45 a.m. Breakfast
"Balagon & Blessings: American Jewish History, 1654 to Today"
Text - American Judaism by Jonathan Sarna, Cost: $40 pp
Thursday, March 10, 7:30-9pm,"Forceful & Female:
Voices of Hope, Healing & Song"
American women who've reshaped history from the Revolution to today, Rebecca Graetz to Debbie Friedman
Living Room Learning @ the Rabbi's. RSVP required by 3/4