Come and Hear
VirtualFrom Isaiah to the Talmud: Jewish Text as Literary Inspiration – Virtual Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature presents Adam Kirsch, author of Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Seven-and-a-Half-Year […]
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Boston’s Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them
Old South Meeting House 310 Washington St, Boston, MAJoin City Archaeologist Joe Bagley as he reveals the oldest surviving buildings in Boston in Boston’s Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them, the first book to do so. This […]
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
VirtualBook talk at American Jewish University (Los Angeles) In his recent book, Charles Dellheim reveals how Jewish art dealers changed the fate of the modern art world. Belonging and Betrayal chronicles […]
Belonging and Betrayal
VirtualVIRTUAL PANEL: The Advocates: The Parthenon Marbles Debate In partnership with the English Speaking Union and the Greek Consulate with Cassandra Albinson, Joan Breton Connelly, Charles Dellheim, Michael Dukakis, Millette Gaifman, Joseph Hern, Elizabeth Marlowe, Carol Scollans When the […]
Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast
VirtualTower Hill Botanic Garden presents Michael Wojtech online to discuss "The Growth of Trees: A Journey Through Times." A limited number of participants can register to join Michael outside at […]
The Book Smugglers
iRead Book Club: The Book Smugglers Join us for a book discussion led by Museum historians and educators. This session, we will discuss The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race […]
Pain and Shock in America
VirtualJoin us for a book launch of Jan Nisbet's Pain and Shock in America: Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities. This is the first book on […]
Come and Hear: What I saw in my seven-and-a-half-year journey through the Talmud
VirtualA SECULAR TALMUDIC: RECONNECTING WITH JEWISH TRADITION Imagine reading a page of Talmud every single day for more than seven years. Not just reading it, the way you skim quickly […]
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Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
VirtualTemple Isaiah (Lexington, MA) will host an evening talk with Charles Dellheim about his new book. Since the late 1990’s the fate of Nazi stolen art has become a cause […]
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
VirtualJews and Modern Art Charles Dellheim What did Jews contribute to the modern art movement? Was modernism essentially Jewish? How did Jewish outsiders come to acquire so many modern masterpieces? […]
Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Seven-and-a-half-year Journey Through the Talmud
VirtualKehillat Israel is excited to welcome author Adam Kirsch for a conversation with Rabbi William Hamilton on Tuesday, November 2 at 7:30PM on Zoom. The event is in conjunction with […]
Transmitting Jewish History: In Conversation with Sylvie Anne Goldberg
VirtualThe Streicker Center will host Sylvie Anne Goldberg, Elisheva Carlebac, and Alexander Kaye as they discuss Transmitting Jewish History, a new book that paints a revealing portrait of Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, […]
Katie Fallon, Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird
Vultures are often overlooked, underappreciated, and unloved, despite the vital role they play healthy ecosystems. Worldwide, vultures are more likely to be threatened or endangered than any other group […]
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
VirtualJews and Modern Art Charles Dellheim What did Jews contribute to the modern art movement? Was modernism essentially Jewish? How did Jewish outsiders come to acquire so many modern masterpieces? […]
Climate Ghosts: Migratory Species in the Anthropocene
VirtualJoin author Nancy Langston and Brian Donahue, associate professor for Environmental Studies at Brandeis, for a book discussion about climate change and human impact on three species in the U.S. […]
