SAJE for All Seasons 2007-08 Program Calendar


October 3: Tor-ah-thon
Community-wide Torah study session with area rabbis and educators

October 30: Kick-off
with Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman, Conference of Presidents
of Major Jewish Organizations
America, Israel & World Jewry: The Miracles & the Challenges

November 4: Dr. Dora Apel,
professor, Wayne State University, author and recipient, Federation’s 2006 Maas Prize
Memory Effects: The Holocaust and the Art of Secondary Witnessing

November 15: Lucette Lagnado,
author and investigative reporter, Wall Street Journal
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (Book Fair)

November 30–December 1: Social Justice Weekend
with Ruth Messinger, president, American Jewish World Service
Lecture 1: Bearing Witness: Crisis in Darfur
Lecture 2: Jews as Global Citizens: Our Responsibility in the World

January 17: The Rise of The Goldbergs
The film, The Goldbergs, with discussion led by Dr. Howard Lupovitch

January 29: SAJE in the Sun (in Florida)
with Dr. Robert Watson, director, American Studies Program,
Lynn University (Boca Raton), author and political analyst
Political Intrigue: The 2008 Presidential Campaign, Israel & the American Jewish Community

February 13: SAJE in the Snow
with Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, scholar, lecturer and author
The Human Journey: Integrity, Character and Holiness

March 11:  SAJE Live Broadcast from NY's 92nd Street Y

with Dennis Prager, Nationally syndicated radio talk show host

The Case for Judaism

March 23, 24 & 31: Rabbi Sidney Schwarz,
founder and president, PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values
Israel @ 60: The Dream & the Reality
Keynote (3/23): Israel @ 60: A Dream Come True?
Workshop 1 (3/24): Dilemmas in Israeli Democracy
Workshop 2 (3/31): Israel: Where Do You Stand?

April 28: Dr. Deborah Lipstadt,
professor, modern Jewish and Holocaust studies, Emory University, historian and
award-winning author, History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving
From a Courtroom in London to a Conference in Tehran:
Holocaust Denial in the 21st Century – A Clear and Present Danger?