Lecture Series--Modern Jewish Literature

Topic: "Found in Translation: The Masters of Modern Jewish Literature"

"The Yiddish Masters"--Monday, October 6, 2008, at 1:30 pm.

"The Hebrew Renaissance: Bialik and Agnon"--Monday, November 17, 2008, at 1:30 pm.

"Isaac Babel: The Jewish Cossack"--Monday, December 15, 2008, at 1:30 pm.

Location: The Tamarac Community Library, 8701 W. Commercial Blvd.

For more information, please call (954) 720-2209.

The lecture is open to the public. Admission is $3.00. Free admission for members of Friends of the Tamarac Library,

Lecture Series--The Origins of Western Religion

Topic: "The Origins of Western Religion"

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 6:30 pm--"Judaism and the Monotheistic Revolution"
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm--"Christianity: From Jewish Sect to Religion of Empire"
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 6:30 pm--"Islam and Empire"

Location: South Regional/BCC Library
7300 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, Florida

For more information, call (954) 201-8849

The lecture series is free and open to the public

Shabbat Lunch and Learn

Topic: "Spinoza--Hero or Heretic?"
Saturday, August 16, 2008, at 12:00 pm
Temple Beth Israel
10197 West Sunrise Blvd.
Plantation, Florida 33322

For more information, call (954) 742-4040.

Note: The lecture and lunch will take place after Shabbat morning services. The cost for the meal is $8.00. Please call the synagogue for reservations.

Lecture Series--The Origins of Western Religion

Topic: "Islam and Empire"
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm
The Tamarac Community Library
8701 W. Commercial Blvd.
Tamarac, Florida
For more information, call (954) 720-2209

Note: This is the final lecture in a three-part series. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Lecture Series--The Origins of Western Religion

Topic: "Christianity--From Jewish Sect to Religion of Empire"
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 1:30 pm
The Tamarac Community Library
8701 W. Commercial Blvd.
Tamarac, Florida
For more information, call (954) 720-2209

This lecture is the second in a three-part series. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Lecture Series--The Origins of Western Religion

Topic: "The Roots of Judaism--The Monotheistic Revolution"
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 1:30 pm
The Tamarac Community Library
8701 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac, Florida
For more information, call (954) 720-2209

Note: This is the first lecture in a three-part series. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Israel Independence Day Lecture

Topic: "A Reckoning for Religious Zionism: Future of a Lost Movement"
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 1:30 pm
The Tamarac Community Library
8701 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac, Florida
For more information, call (954) 720-2209

Note: The lecture is free and open to the public.

Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture

Topic: "Jewish Power in the Shadow of the Holocaust"
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 1:30 pm
The Tamarac Community Library
8701 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac, Florida
For more information, call (954) 720-2209

Note: The lecture is free and open to the public.

Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat

Topic: "The Issues that Divide Jews: Are We One People?"
Friday, February 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 9:00 am
Congregation Beth Shalom of Coconut Creek
1447 Lyons Road
Coconut Creek, Florida
For more information, call: (954) 975-4666

Lecture--Israel at 60

Topic: "Israel at 60--Do the Borders Define Us?"
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 8:00 pm
B'nai Aviv
1410 Indian Trace, Weston, Florida
For more information, call: (954) 384-8265