Elliott Katz Winter 2025

Winter 2025 Elliott Katz Lecture Series

Programs are on Fridays from 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center

or on Zoom.

For those who select Zoom, the Zoom link will be emailed to you the day prior to each lecture.

These lectures will be live at 10 AM and will NOT be recorded.

The 2025 Winter schedule is:

Date	Topic
January 24	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - The civil rights movement of the 1960’s was an awakening for many Americans. None more so, than young American Jews. Joining to help fight segregation, many were beaten and imprisoned in southern jails. Two gave their lives for the cause. Their reward was not what you would have expected. You will learn that no good deed goes unpunished.
January 31	Beau James and Murder in the Park - When the body of Vivian Gordon, a woman with a checkered past, was found murdered in Van Cortland Park in the Bronx, on February 26, 1931, it set in motion a series of events that toppled New York’s favorite Mayor and destroyed, arguably the most powerful political organization in America. The movie does not tell the whole story. Learn how this happened.
February 14	The Partition of India, Wounds That Never Heal - When the British government agreed to partition India in August 1947, the resulting human catastrophe of displacement, misery and death would be squarely placed on the shoulders of England’s leaders, one in particular. Learn who was really responsible for this disaster and why it happened.
February 21	Lawrence of Arabia Meets NILI - Thomas Edward Lawrence was England’s Arab Savior tasked by the British to organize an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks in Arabia, in World War I. Sarah Aronsohn her brother Aaron and three dozen Jewish youths decided that they too would help the British to defeat the Turks in their ancient homeland, Palestine. When the British were successful in defeating the Turks to whom did they give the credit? You will be surprised.
February 28	Putting on the Ritz - The Ritz Hotel in Paris, before World War II was the gathering place for the glitterati, the famous and the rich. It became the Nazis favorite residence and meeting place during the French occupation. While they feasted on roast pheasants and sipped champagne, they never suspected what was happening in the Ritz, right under their noses.
March 7	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Redux - The small Jewish community of South Africa played a disproportionate role in opposing apartheid. Nelson Mandela acknowledged that fact and honored them after becoming president. The reward was the present government pursuing a blood libel against the state of Israel at the International Court of Justice. Why? The answer is quite simple, and you will hear it.
March 28	The Longest Hatred - History encompasses 2500 years of anti-Semitism. We will explore when it began, its past manifestations and how it has morphed into an outburst of Jewish hatred in the 21st century. Learn how the new anti-Semitism is different than the old anti-Semitism and how and why it has become a worldwide phenomenon

Series tickets are $155 each.

Individual tickets are $30 each.

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