Sept. 20, Noel Kaplowitz, research associate in the Institute of Government Affairs at U.C. Davis, will present “Israel’s Difficult Choices, Part I: Maintaining the Status Quo and the Dangers Entailed.” He continues Oct. 4 with “Part II : A ‘Long Term’ but ‘Interim’ Agreement vs. Unilateral Separation from the Palestinians.”
Nitzhia Shaked, Judaic scholar and attorney, speaks Oct. 11 on “The Political and Legal System in Israel Today.”
Jehon Grist, executive director of Lehrhaus Judaica, lectures Oct. 18 on “The Day Jerusalem Almost Died: The Assyrian Siege of Isaiah’s Jerusalem, 700 BCE.”
On Oct. 25, Ron Hendel, professor of Jewish studies at U.C. Berkeley, presents “The Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Judaism.”
June Brott, writing instructor at San Francisco State, will speak Nov. 1 on “Needle and Thread: A Tale of Survival From Bialystok to Paris.”
“Jews and Jazz” is the topic of the Nov. 8 lecture by Mark Levy, performer and teacher.
Rita Sargen-Simon, artist and sculptor, will talk Nov. 15 on “The Jewish Contribution to 20th Century Art.”
Nov. 29 will feature Andrew Heinze, director of Swig Judaic studies at University of San Francisco, who will discuss “Judaism and the Inner World of the Soul.”
Riva Gambert, director of education and culture for the CJLL, will speak Dec. 6 on “Walls of Conflict: The Early Church and the Jewish People.”
On Dec. 13, Ken Cohen, president of Lehrhaus Judaica, presents “The Ten Lost Tribes.”
“How a Generation of Arab Leaders May Influence Israeli-Arab Relations” is the subject of the Dec. 20 lecture by Fred Astren, professor of Jewish studies at San Francisco State University.
The first lecture of 2002 on Jan. 3 will be “From Treyf to Trop: The Recent Religiosity of Reform” by Rabbi Andrea Berlin of Temple Sinai in Oakland.
Riva Gambert returns Jan. 10 with “The Debate on Post-Zionism.”
Jan. 17 Samuel G. Amristead, professor of Spanish at U.C. Davis, will discuss “Folk Literature of the Sephardic Jews.”
Fred Rosenbaum of Lehrhaus Judaica will speak Jan. 24 on “Mysterious Neighbors: The Chinese, the Japanese and the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the Present Day.”
Dr. Ginnie Sanders, neurobiologist at San Francisco State, speaks Jan. 31 on “Neuroscience and Spirituality.”
“Andy Warhol’s Kafka” is the focus of the Feb. 7 lecture by Bluma Goldstein, professor emerita of the German department at U.C. Berkeley.
Feb. 14 Rabbi Samuel Broude, rabbi emeritus of Temple Sinai in Oakland, will present “Speaking of Yiddish: Beyond the Punchlines.”
Leon Litwack, professor of history at U.C. Berkeley, lectures Feb. 21 on “Trouble in Mind: African Americans and Race Relations in the 20th Century.”
Feb. 28 Ken Blady, educator and author, speaks on “Controversial Jewish Communities Around the World: Lemba of Zimbabwe, Abayudaya of Uganda and Shinlung of India.”
Survivors Harry Hankin and David Galant will offer their personal accounts of their Holocaust experiences on March 7.
Naomi Seidman, professor of Jewish culture, will talk March 14 about “Translation and Mis-Translation: The Secret Language of the Jews.
A 9:30 a.m. breakfast will precede the Dickstein Memorial Lecture on March 21. Elliot Dorff, professor of philosophy at University of Judaism in Los Angeles, will discuss “Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics.”
Those who attend the Nov. 1, Dec. 6, Jan. 3, Feb. 7 and March 7 lectures are invited to bring a lunch and participate in an hour of discussion immediately following the presentations. The cost for the 26 lecture series is $65. Single lectures are $5 and can be paid at the door. For more information, call the CJLL at (510) 839-2900, ext. 233.