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Michael J. Fox Joins LitFest Program on November 19

Michael J. Fox Joins LitFest Program on November 19

In "No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality," Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality.

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“After Munich” Film and Talkback

“After Munich” Film and Talkback

"After Munich" is a 2019 documentary film that tells the stories of four women whose lives were forever altered by the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games.

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Author Talk with Jim McCloskey – Boulder JCC LitFest

Author Talk with Jim McCloskey – Boulder JCC LitFest

"WHEN TRUTH IS ALL YOU HAVE" is a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication from the founder of America’s first organization committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned. Thursday, November 12.

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Free Webinar – Klezmer Music as Jewish Dialogue and Jewish Discourse

Free Webinar – Klezmer Music as Jewish Dialogue and Jewish Discourse

This lecture will introduce klezmer music as a kind of Jewish dialogue, or Jewish discourse. Klezmer is Jewish instrumental music from Eastern Europe, and it comes from the same culture as the Yiddish literature of Sholem Aleichem, S. J. Abramovitsh, and others. December 14th, 2020.

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Portrait of a Baseball Legend: Yogi Berra

Author Talk with Jim McCloskey – Boulder JCC LitFest

Dale Berra offers a son’s perspective on Yogi for the first in "MY DAD, YOGI: A Memoir of Family and Baseball," a touching story of their unshakeable bond and an intimate behind-the-scenes look into the revered American hero. You can hear Dale as part of the Boulder JCC’s LitFest on Tuesday, November 10. 

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Exams in Extremis: Standardized Testing, Politics, and Crisis in the Middle East – Free Webinar with Prof. Hilary Kalisman

Exams in Extremis: Standardized Testing, Politics, and Crisis in the Middle East – Free Webinar with Prof. Hilary Kalisman

How do some standardized tests come to matter more than others? What types of politics are involved in the creation and persistence of standardized tests? What futures can exams promise in times of crisis? Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman will explore these questions by discussing the history of standardized testing in the Modern Middle East.

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Amplifying Voices: Black + Jewish on Chicago’s Southside

Amplifying Voices: Black + Jewish on Chicago’s Southside

Join Tamar Manasseh, the African American rabbinical student who is leading the fight against senseless killings on the south side of Chicago, and Brad Rothschild, “They Ain’t Ready for Me” film maker in discussion with Todd Rockoff, Tucson J CEO/President.

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