Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU, Jupiter

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Lectures
Courses

Winter/Spring 2024 Lectures and One-time Performances
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Date	Instructor	Title	Time
Monday, January 8	Berk	Ukraine: A Tragic, Complicated, and Interesting History	12 - 1:30 PM
Monday, January 8	Lawrence	Fashion: Evolution to Revolution	2:30 - 4 PM
Tuesday, January 9	Bruce	CIA—Challenges and Changes	9:30 - 11 AM
Tuesday, January 9	Kowel	The Chip Shot: The Moon Shot of Century 21 - Part B	12 - 1:30 PM
Tuesday, January 9	Epstein	The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Laughter: The Borscht Belt comedians	7 - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, January 10	Wyatt	The Magical Kingdom of Walt Disney (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
Thursday, January 11	Hagood	The Killer: Jerry Lee Lewis	7 - 8:30 PM
Friday, January 12	National Theater Live (Recording)	The Crucible	2:30 - 5:30 PM
Tuesday, January 16	Ervin	"Art Appropriation": More than just funny makeovers of the Classics!	9:30 - 11 AM
Tuesday, January 16	Nikolopoulos	Greece at 200	12 - 1:30 PM
Tuesday, January 16	Granat	George Gershwin	5 - 6:30 PM
Wednesday, January 17	Offenkrantz	Leonard Bernstein: The Man and His Music	7 - 8:30 PM
Thursday, January 18	Rabil	Was Israel’s Syrian Policy a Strategic Failure?	5 - 6:30 PM
Friday, January 19	Kahn	A Perfect Storm: The Global Polycrisis Syndrome	9:30 - 11 AM
Friday, January 19	Steinfeld	China's Retreat From 'Reform and Opening'	2:30 - 4 PM
Monday, January 22	Marcus	Highlights of British Royal Coronations	12 - 1:30 PM
Tuesday, January 23	Neile	West Bank Story	11:30 - 1 PM
Wednesday, January 24	Epstein	The Israel Philharmonic: A Cultural Icon	7 - 8:30 PM
Thursday, January 25	Nurnberger	Aaron Burr: The Most Controversial Founding Father	9:30 - 11 AM
Thursday, January 25	Atkins	Reel Jews and Judaism (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
Friday, January 26	Savitch	Presidents, Jews and Israel	9:30 - 11 AM
Friday, January 26	Kothari	Piano Music Dedicated to Family & Friends	3:30 - 5 PM
Friday, January 26	Kothari	Piano Music Dedicated to Family & Friends (Student Tickets)	3:30 - 5 PM
Monday, January 29	Feinman	The Life and Presidency of John F. Kennedy	12 - 1:30 PM
Tuesday, January 30	Gurses	Why We Can’t Get Enough of the Middle East	9:30 - 11 AM
Wednesday, January 31	Rakower	Disdain (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
Friday, February 2	Adair	A Pioneer Family's Odyssey into America's Past	9:30 - 11 AM
Monday, February 5	Bard	The Challenges Jewish Students Face on College Campuses	12 - 1:30 PM
Tuesday, February 6	Cadwallader	PBD Dramawise: The Cancellation of Lauren Fein	3 - 4:30 PM
Tuesday, February 6	Maurer	An Evening of Comedy & Magic!	7 - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, February 7	Cohen	The Golden Age of Jewish Humor	7 - 8:30 PM
Thursday, February 8	MacDonald	A Brief History Of The Beatles	7 - 9 PM
Friday, February 9	Woodward & Bernstein	A Conversation with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: From Watergate to Today (VIP Tickets)	CLOSED
Friday, February 9	Woodward & Bernstein	A Conversation with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: From Watergate to Today	2 - 3 PM
Friday, February 9	Woodward & Bernstein	A Conversation with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: From Watergate to Today (OVERFLOW SEATING)	2 - 3 PM
Monday, February 12	Silvin	20th Century Icons: Marilyn Monroe & Grace Kelly	12 - 1:30 PM
Tuesday, February 13	Granat	Burt Bacharach	5 - 6:30 PM
Thursday, February 15	Fiore	The Manufacturing PMI Index: Where is the U.S. Economy Headed?	9:30 - 11 AM
Thursday, February 15	Bruni	Resilience: Personal and Civic (VIP Tickets)	5:45 - 8 PM
Thursday, February 15	Bruni	Resilience: Personal and Civic	6:30 - 8 PM
Friday, February 16	Gold	Four Interpretations of the Genesis Creation Story	9:30 - 11 AM
Wednesday, February 21	Friedenberg	THE LIFE AND SONG OF PETE SEEGER	7 - 8:30 PM
Thursday, February 22	Arutyunyan	Skin Cancer and Wellness	9:30 - 11 AM
Thursday, February 22	Rabil	The Great Famine of WWI (1915-1918) in the Levant	5 - 6:30 PM
Friday, February 23	Cooley	The Amazing Placebo Effect: Belief is a Powerful Drug	9:30 - 11 AM
Friday, February 23	Feinman	The Life and Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson	2:30 - 4 PM
Tuesday, February 27	Hagood	Stringbean: A Tale of Music and Murder	7 - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, February 28	Limerick	Hats Off to Mae Reeves! (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
Friday, March 1	Great Art On Screen	Titian: The Empire of Color	2:30 - 4 PM
Monday, March 4	Bloch	Plagues (Epidemics) in World History - An Overview	2:30 - 4 PM
Tuesday, March 5	Kahn	The Promise and The Peril: The New Russian-Chinese Alliance	9:30 - 11 AM
Wednesday, March 6	Herman	Nasty Women: A Herstory of Civil Disobedience	11 - 12:30 PM
Wednesday, March 6	Kaplan	Everything Old is New Again	1:30 - 3 PM
Wednesday, March 6	Dave	Comedy Taboo? Says Who?	2:30 - 4 PM
Wednesday, March 6	Gabor & Guttenberg	American Carnage: Gun Violence Trends, Myths, and Solutions	7 - 8:30 PM
Thursday, March 7	Nurnberger	George Washington in Barbados	9:30 - 11 AM
Thursday, March 7	Gurinsky	Shalom, Y'all! Jews of the Southern United States	1 - 2:30 PM
Thursday, March 7	Granat	Cole Porter: Elegance and Wit in Words and Music	5 - 6:30 PM
Friday, March 8	Wiese	Decreasing Your Risk for Dementia	CLOSED
Monday, March 11	Hagood	Cities of the World: Rome	2:30 - 4 PM
Tuesday, March 12	Pollock	Churchill and Friends, Part 1: Ike and Winston	9:30 - 11 AM
Wednesday, March 13	O'Higgins	Is There A Connection Between The Modern State of Israel And The Hebrew Prophets?	2:30 - 4 PM
Thursday, March 14	Bruce	The Secrecy Paradigm	9:30 - 11 AM
Thursday, March 14	Polsky	Wading Through the Politicized Nature of South Florida Climate Change	12 - 1:30 PM
Thursday, March 14	Offenkrantz	The Golden Age of Cantors	7 - 8:30 PM
Monday, March 18	Words... Alive!	Words Alive Presents "Wonder Women"	3 - 4:30 PM
Tuesday, March 19	Pollock	Churchill and Friends, Part 2: Churchill and the Royals	9:30 - 11 AM
Tuesday, March 19	Barbara McConaghy Johnson and Jordan Zabriskiem B.S., D.C.	Staying Young at Heart: Positivity and Processco!	2:30 - 4 PM
Wednesday, March 20	Chernotsky and Morton	The Professor's Professor: A World On Fire	9 - 10:30 AM
Wednesday, March 20	Feinman	The Life and Presidency of George W. Bush	12 - 1:30 PM
Wednesday, March 20	Great Art On Screen	The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio	2:30 - 4 PM
Thursday, March 21	Schneider	The Rise of Disinformation	12 - 1:30 PM
Friday, March 22	Klauza	The Works and Women of Charles Dickens	12 - 1:30 PM
Monday, March 25	Shockley	Pop Culture and American Politics: "Hamilton" (DATE & TIME CHANGE)	10 - 11:30 AM
Tuesday, March 26	Williams	Nine People Get To Tell Me What?!!	9:30 - 11 AM
Tuesday, March 26	Yentis	Illuminating Jewish Learning Through Art	2:30 - 4 PM
Wednesday, March 27	Friedenberg	CELEBRATING WOMEN SINGER-SONGWRITERS OF THE 60s & 70s	2 - 3:30 PM
Thursday, March 28	Reich	The Woman in Gold: Separating Fact from Fiction	9:30 - 11 AM
Thursday, March 28	McKeich	The Gilded Age in Palm Beach	12 - 1:30 PM
Monday, April 1	Blowers	Elder Abuse: The Hidden Crime Facing Older Adults (Cancelled)	CLOSED
Wednesday, April 3	Marcus	Enough With Harry and Meghan Already?	12 - 1:30 PM
Wednesday, April 3	Cadwallader	PBD Dramawise: Death of a Salesman	2:30 - 4 PM
Wednesday, April 3	Wyatt	Sergi Rachmaninoff: Giant of Romanticism (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
Thursday, April 4	Atkins	Ambition Must be Made to Counteract Ambition (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
Thursday, April 4	Levin	Cybersecurity: Tips You Can Follow to Reduce Your Risk Online! (DATE & TIME CHANGE)	3 - 4:30 PM
Friday, April 5	Edwards	The Secret Lives of Butterflies	9:30 - 11 AM
Thursday, April 11	Reinhart	“Mr. Comey, You’re Fired!” (DATE & TIME CHANGE)	10 - 11:30 AM
Thursday, April 11	Rabil	The Azerbaijan-Israel Relationship: Prospects and Challenges	5 - 6:30 PM
Wednesday, April 17	Engle	Countering the Myth of the Lost Cause	12 - 1:30 PM
Wednesday, April 17	Great Art On Screen	Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection	2 - 4 PM
Thursday, April 18	Rabil	NATO: Past, Present and Future	5 - 6:30 PM
Monday, April 22	Feinman	The Life and Presidency of Richard M. Nixon	12 - 1:30 PM
Tuesday, April 23	Head	Revolutionary Rogues	12 - 1:30 PM
Wednesday, April 24	National Theater Live (Recording)	Best of Enemies	1 - 4 PM
Sunday, December 29	Certificate	STAFF USE ONLY - Gift Certificate Purchase	9 - 10:30 AM
Sunday, December 29	Explorer	STAFF USE ONLY - Explorer Ticket	9 - 10:30 AM

Winter/Spring 2024 Multi-week Courses
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Day /	Dates	Instructor	Title	Time
Monday
January 8 - March 4		Rabil	The China-Russia-United States’ Rivalry: The Battle for a New World Order	9:30 - 11 AM
February 5 - March 11		Nikolopoulos	Contemporary Short Stories	12:30 - 2 PM
January 22 - February 26		Hagood	Vampires, Werewolves, and Ghosts, Oh My!	2:30 - 4 PM
March 25 - June 3		Stone	1939: The Year Hollywood Could Do No Wrong (Last Day of Class Date Change}	3:30 - 5:30 PM
January 8 - March 11		Stone	Dalton Trumbo: A Screenwriter For All Seasons and Reasons	5 - 7 PM
Tuesday
January 23 - February 27		Fewkes	Viewing Culture: Exploring Social and Cultural Issues through World Films	CLOSED
March 5 - March 26		Muldoon	Love Flourishes, No Matter What: Four International Films (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
January 9 - February 27		MacDonald	Music Americana: In Search Of Greatness	2:30 - 4 PM
Wednesday
January 10 - March 13		Morton	Great Decisions 2024	CLOSED
January 10 - March 13		Morton	Great Decisions 2024	CLOSED
January 10 - February 14		Muldoon	Six International Films of Heartfelt Bravery (CANCELLED)	CLOSED
Thursday
January 11 - February 8		Phares	The Middle East in 2024: War and Peace	11 - 12:30 PM
February 8 - February 29		Frankel	Ukraine: Its History, Its People, and the Jews who Lived Among Them	12 - 1:30 PM
March 7 - March 28		Labovitz	OBJECTION! Current Contentious & Confusing Legal Issues (Spring)	2:30 - 4 PM
January 11 - February 29		Labovitz	OBJECTION! Current Contentious & Confusing Legal Issues (Winter)	2:30 - 4 PM
Friday
January 12 - March 8		Lawrence	Masters and Masterpieces	12 - 1:30 PM
March 29 - April 19		Rakower	Hollywood's Silver Age - Four Films	1:30 - 4:30 PM
January 26 - February 23		Hagood	Book Club: The Stories of Flannery O'Connor	2:30 - 4 PM

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