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- America at War with Americans: The Years of Repression
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Speaker: Robert Hoover
Dates: 10/16/2023 - 11/13/2023
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
Following the United States' entry into World War I, the Wilson administration began a campaign of censorship, ethnic intimidation, and eventually the convictions and imprisonment of those Americans who objected to the conduct of the war. The course will chart the expansion of government repression, especially attempts to violate the Bill of Rights, the passage of the Espionage and Sedition Acts in 1917-18, the creation of the Committee on Public Information, a propaganda agency, and the investigation of citizens by the agency that became the FBI.
This class will meet on Oct 16, 23, 30; Nov 6 and 13.
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- Aristotle for Everyone
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Speaker: Joseph Givvin
Dates: 10/17/2023 - 11/14/2023
Times: 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
Does this ancient Greek philosopher have anything to offer us in the 21st century? Aristotle is considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of all time. The course will explore what he thought about learning, happiness, our place in the universe, and the universe itself. Aristotle should cause us to wonder and think for ourselves. Members will be directed to optional readings from Aristotle, his commentators, and his critics.
This class will meet on Oct 17, 24, 31; Nov 7 and 14.
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- Jewish Experience in America: A History
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Speaker: Louise Mayo
Dates: 10/18/2023 - 11/15/2023
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
When Jews first arrived in America, they saw the New World as a place for new and welcoming beginnings. When larger numbers arrived in the late 19th and early 20th century, they spoke of "der goldener medina," or the golden land. This class will examine how the Jewish experience in America did or did not live up to those expectations. To what extent are recent Anti-Semitic incidents outliers or symptomatic of the Jewish experience in America?
This class will meet on Oct 18, 25; Nov 1, 8 and 15.
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