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A Jewish Music Course for Music Lovers

$72.00
Acclaimed Broadway musicologist, performer, and music director Michael Lavine will take you on an in-depth journey to meet the songwriters who wrote songs for radio, film, and Broadway during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Some of these composers grew up in the Lower East Side and oftentimes you can hear the Jewish influence in the writing of their music. Join Michael Lavine for a stroll down memory lane and learn about the songwriters behind the music. Each session in this course, we will explore the music from the following eras:
  • The Roaring Decades
  • The Enthralling Thirties
  • The Fabulous Forties
  Links to the stories and the recordings will be sent to you once you purchase this class.
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Great Jewish Stories of Paley, Roth, Bellow & Ozick – Part 2

$72.00
A four-week course exploring 4 classic Jewish short stories with Dr. Michael Krasny.
  • Eli the Fanatic by Philip Roth
  • A Silver Dish by Saul Bellow
  • Envy, or Yiddish in America by Cynthia Ozick
Links to the stories and the recordings will be sent to you once you purchase this class. Dr. Michael Krasny is professor emeritus of literature at San Francisco State University and an award-winning broadcast journalist and popular keynote speaker. A widely published scholar, he is presently teaching a course on fiction writers of the past century at Stanford University and has taught courses on Jewish writers at Lehrhaus Judaica.  A recipient of many honors, including The S.Y. Agnon Gold Medal for Intellectual Distinction from Hebrew University and The Koret Foundation Israel Prize, he is author of a number of books, including a widely praised book on Jewish humor, Let There Be Laughter. .  
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African American Roots & Resilience with Dr. Lillie Edwards

$72.00
A BLACK HISTORY CLASS FOR AMERICAN JEWS Join Dr. Lillie J. Edwards for a four-part lecture series exploring the broad landscape of African American history from its African origins to the 21st century. The class will highlight how African Americans shaped and defined America while resisting white supremacy and systemic dehumanization based on race, gender and class. Dr. Edwards is Professor Emerita of History and African American Studies at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. She was the founding Director of Pan-African Studies and received awards for excellent and distinguished teaching. A leading consultant on national education programs, Edwards received her doctorate in U.S Southern history, African history and African literature from the University of Chicago, where she studied under the late preeminent historian Dr. John Hope Franklin.   This series is for anyone interested in learning more about African-American history and is in honor of Black History Month which takes place in February.
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Great Jewish Stories of Singer, Malamud, Ozick & Roth – Part 1

$72.00
A four-week recorded course exploring 4 classic Jewish short stories with Dr. Michael Krasny.
  • Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud 
  • The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick
  • Defender of the Faith by Philip Roth
Links to the stories and the recordings will be sent to you once you purchase this class. Dr. Michael Krasny is professor emeritus of literature at San Francisco State University and an award-winning broadcast journalist and popular keynote speaker. A widely published scholar, he is presently teaching a course on fiction writers of the past century at Stanford University and has taught courses on Jewish writers at Lehrhaus Judaica.  A recipient of many honors, including The S.Y. Agnon Gold Medal for Intellectual Distinction from Hebrew University and The Koret Foundation Israel Prize, he is author of a number of books, including a widely praised book on Jewish humor, Let There Be Laughter.  
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