Congregation Agudat Achim’s Adult Education Committee announces a series of six fascinating lectures with Dr. Stephen Berk, professor of history at Union College and Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Agudat Achim for more than 30 years. Come join us this fall for Dr. Stephen Berk’s newest lecture series, The American Jewish Experience: Zion In America
The dates of all the lectures are: Sept 17, 24, Oct 1, 8, 15, 22
All lectures will be online only!
All lectures will be from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm and are open to the public. Complete series is $60 for members and $72 for non-members. Please register everyone in your household who will be watching the lectures. To register, use the Register Now button below or send a check to Jack Mintzer, Director of Education and Programing , Congregation Agudat Achim, 2117 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12309 before September 13th. Make your check payable to Congregation Agudat Achim.
You can register and pay online by using the Register Now! link below.
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1. From Iberia to America: They met with George Washington, fought in the American Revolution and began to create a Jewish community. They came for freedom and helped build a new country.
2. The Germans Are Coming: Developments in Central Europe motivated tens of thousands of Jews to come to the United States where they revitalized a very small Jewish community.
3. The Russians Are Coming: A Russian word enters the English language. The word is “pogrom.“ Pogrom became synonymous with attacks on Jews. In 1881-1882, a wave of pogroms swept over Russia, and 1,500,000 Jews came to the United States. They changed the course of American Jewish history.
4. The Roaring Twenties and Dismal Thirties: An interwar period that had an enormous influence on American Jewish life. A Jewish infatuation with an American president failed to yield a positive result.
5. A Golden Age for American Jews:
Part I – The post-World War II period ushered in an unprecedented time in Jewish history. The barriers came down, and Jews became part of the American mainstream.
6. A Golden Age for American Jews: Part II- If life is so good, then why are we so worried? Assimilation and the unexpected rise of anti-Semitism cast a shadow over a polarized Jewish community.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS ANY OF THESE EXCITING LECTURES!