Sunday Scholars

The Har Zion Sunday Scholar Series are upcoming lectures by local–and a few remote–experts on the subject they are expert in.

All of these lecture are on Sunday; most are at 10:15am, after minyan. The rest are also on Sunday, but not at 10:15am, but they do belong in this series.

In person and on Zoom at Zoom ID# 924 5552 6669 (with the Har Zion password); light refreshments will be served.

December 14, 10:15am –  Professor Susan Weininger on “Repairing the World: Jewish Artists in Chicago,”

January 18, 7pm, Zoom only – Dr. David Harris (professor of law at the School of Law at the University of Pittsburgh and son of Har Zion’s Ruben and Mary Harris (z”l)) on “Race and the Criminal Justice System”

January 25, 10am – Rabbi Eric Leiderman on an topic concerning Israel. (Learn more from his op-ed pieces for The Times of Israel.)

February 1, 10:15am – Rabbanit Goldie Guy on “Sap Rising: Tu B’Shevat and Spiritual Growth”

March 15, 10:15am – Rabbi Miriam Lichtenberg on “Why Do We Read ‘Song of Songs’ on Passover?”

March 22, 4:30pm talk, 5:30pm Roman Jewish dinner – Leah Koenig (renowned cookbook author and daughter of Har Zion’s Carol Koenig) on “The History of the Jews of Rome”

Weekend of April 18-19: Dr. Tamara Freeman on “Holocaust Music.” See below

And In June, day and time to be determined – Har Zion member Leslie Blacksberg on art.

Scholar in Residence, Tamara Freeman:

Dr. Tamara Freeman will be at Har Zion for the weekend of Saturday, April 18, though Sunday, April 19. She will speak at kiddush on Saturday and also on Sunday morning. Details to come for the weekend program. Learn more about Dr. Freeman at holocaustmusic.org.

Her subject will be “Holocaust Music.”