Coronado Lectures

2011-2012 Mandelbaum Family Lecture Series

Former program of the Agency for Jewish Education, Co-Sponsored by Jewish Federation of San Diego County.

“The Wandering View: Jewish Immigrants in World Cinema”
Professor Lawrence Baron, SDSU
Director, Jewish Studies Program
Winn Room, Coronado Library @ 10:30am

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
“The History of Israeli-Palestinian Relations”
Professor Gershon Shafir, UCSD
Winn Room, Coronado Library @ 10:30am

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
“Report from Iraq and Israel”
Professor Sandy Lakoff
Dickson Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UCSD
Winn Room, Coronado Library @ 10:30am

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
“Messianic Parallels in Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament”
Rabbi Scott Meltzer, SDSU
Winn Room, Coronado Library @ 10:30am

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
"Shalom, Hunan! An Historical Exploration of American Jews and Chinese Food"
Dr. Joellyn Zollman
Winn Room, Coronado Library @ 10:30am

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
“God said What?: Reading the Bible as a Historian”
Professor Risa Levitt Kohn, SDSU
Winn Room, Coronado Library @ 10:30am

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
“Should a Kipa Be Worn on the Champs Élysées? Jews and French Debates about Diversity”
Professor Alyssa Sepinwall, CSUSM
Winn Room, Coronado Library @ 10:30am

Joining the Coronado Friends of the CJC will assure the continuation of this lecture series. For more information, phone or email Noah Hadas (noah@lfjcc.com; 858-362-1327)

The Coronado Library is located at:
640 Orange Avenue
Coronado, CA  92118