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The History of Antisemitism: The Alhambra Decree

Delve into the events leading up to the Alhambra Decree and what happened to the Jewish community in the wake of the edict in this panel discussion. On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued the Alhambra Decree, also known...

Book Discussion Group: Our Souls at Night

Book Discussion Group: Our Souls at Night

Book discussion group. All are welcome.

A Jewish Doctor in Auschwitz: Gisella Perl

A Jewish Doctor in Auschwitz: Gisella Perl

Dr. Gisella Perl was a Hungarian Jewish gynecologist who was imprisoned at Auschwitz. While there, she acted to address the terrors that were visited...

Boneyarn

Boneyarn

In this program, poet David Mills will read from and reflect upon the research behind his poetry collection, Boneyarn, a book of poems about slavery...

“The Sassoons” Book Talk

“The Sassoons” Book Talk

The Sassoons, known as “the Rothschilds of the East,” were one of the richest families in the world during the nineteenth and twentieth...

20th Anniversary of the Iraq War – The War through Political Cartoons

20th Anniversary of the Iraq War – The War through Political Cartoons

In commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the American war in Iraq, join us for an informal and open discussion about the war through...

20th Anniversary of the Iraq War – The War through Political Cartoons

20th Anniversary of the Iraq War – The War through Political Cartoons

In commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the American war in Iraq, join us for an informal and open discussion about the war through...

Christophher Bollen Presents The Lost Americans, in conversation with Edmund White

Christophher Bollen Presents The Lost Americans, in conversation with Edmund White

Reading and discussion. A young woman finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and very dangerous enemies when she travels to Cairo to uncover the...

Let the Lion Eat Straw

Let the Lion Eat Straw

Brooklyn born novelist, poet, educator and international speaker, Ellease Ebele N. Oseye, whom Maya Angelou described as "a seer of the interior...

The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy to Conquer America

The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy to Conquer America

In this lecture, Ken Scarlett will discuss the British Southern Strategy for conquering America and extinguishing the American Revolution. He will...

The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle over Harlem

The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle over Harlem

With its gleaming shopping centers and refurbished row houses, today’s Harlem bears little resemblance to the neighborhood of the midcentury urban...

An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City

An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City

An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City, written by Phillip James Dodd with photography by Jonathan Wallen, is a sumptuous...