Tag: talks-readings
The Holocaust, Tikkun Olam, And Three Generations Of Humanitarian Women
Caryl Stern, the renowned human rights activist, is the third generation of women in her family whose lives were shaped by the Holocaust. Her...
Leo Melamed, in Conversation with Bob Pisani
As the founder of financial futures and initiator of Globex, the world’s first global electronic trading system, Leo Melamed revolutionized the...
Gibney Deeper Duet: Talvin Wilks + Melanie George
Permission, appropriation or trespassing – the tricky terrain of 2 Black Dramaturgs in the current “We See You” performance landscape told...
China’s Communist Party at 100: Is Capitalism Done in China?
What is driving President Xi Jinping’s moves to re-centralize control over China’s economy and society? On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese...
Stories Survive: Jill Pauly
Jill Pauly was born Gisella Berg on May 1, 1933 in Cologne, Germany to a close, religious Jewish family. Due to the restrictions put in place by the...
St. Eustatius and the American Revolution
Hosted by Fraunces Tavern Museum and Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society. In 1776, the US vessel Andrew Doria sailed to the Dutch island of Sint...
American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincey Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution
In this lecture, Nina Sankovitch will present the intimate connections between leading families of the American Revolution—the Hancock, Quincy, and...
Innovation 101: Accelerating Innovative Thinking
Burnout is real, especially after the many months of monotony we’ve endured in the past year. But for many of us, creativity and innovation are...
Pen Parentis
Authors Jotham Burrello, Sara Schaff, and Amy Shearn are featured in this salon, with the theme of "The Haves & Have Nots." Interactive Q&A...
The Forgotten Life Of Herschel Grynszpan
Online program. In November 1938, Herschel Grynszpan, a Jewish refugee living in Paris, walked into his city’s German Embassy and assassinated Nazi...
