Adult Events – Fall 2021
Fall 2021

Mon | Sep 13 | 7:30 pm
Annual General Meeting

Tue | Oct 5 | 7:30 pm
The Boss Maidel Conversations with Nadia Hashimi

Wed | Oct 6 | 1:00 pm
Rare Books Workshop
How many Kabbalists does it take to Redeem sparks broken by the Light Bulb?

Wed | Oct 6 | 7:30 pm
Classical music star Igor Levit in conversation with Jaap Nico Hamburger

Tue | Oct 12 | 7:00 pm
Ruth Wisse: “Free as a Jew” – A Personal Memoir of National Self Liberation

Wed | Oct 13 | 7:30 pm
“Thou Shalt Not Hate”
(Italy, 2020)

Tue | Oct 19 | 7:30 pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, essayist and screenwriter Michael Chabon

Thu | Oct 21 | 7:00 pm
Nu and Mu: Part 2 on Jews and Buddhism

Tue | Oct 26 | 7:30 pm
“Love It Was Not”
(Israel/Austria 2020)

Sat | Oct 30 | 7:30 pm
Join and sing along with Danny Robas:
In Friendship Together – יחד בידידות

Wed | Nov 3 | 7:30 pm
Colum McCann in conversation with Anne Legacé Dowson about “Apeirogon”

Sun | Nov 7 | 2:00 pm
JBM Keynote:
An Evening with David Grossman
“More Than I Love My Life”

Wed | Nov 10 | 7:30 pm
Jeffrey Shandler
Yiddish: Biography of a Language”

Thu | Nov 11 | 12:00 pm
The Jargon of Hegemony: a book talk and rare book workshop

Sat | Nov 13 | 7:30 pm
An Evening of Russian Culture
“Our Hearts Are Holding Hands”

Sun | Nov 14 | 2:00 pm (in French)
Valérie Zenatti, romancière et traductrice

Wed | Nov 17 | 7:30 pm
Steven Pinker:
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Wed | Nov 24 | 1:00 pm
Rare Books Workshop
Missing Inks: Jewish Texts In Controversial Contexts

Tue | Nov 30 | 7:30 pm
The Boss Maidel Conversations with Fiona Davis

Sun | Dec 12 | 7:00 pm