MetroWestprograms
Adult Enrichment
Sonia Kurland Memorial Purim Concert
Rita Apollon | MON, FEB 02, 2026Join us for a festive celebration featuring violinist, Efrat accompanied by a 5-piece Klezmer Band This diverse program will include songs we all know and love, from different periods and…
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Life Long Learning: Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land with author Rachel Cockerell
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025Rachel Cockerell will discuss her innovative family memoir, which tells the story of a long-lost plan to create a Jewish state in Texas. She weaves together diaries, letters, newspaper articles,…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: Super Agers: How to Live Long and Prosper with Dr. Theresa M. Redling DO, FACP
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025A RWJ Barnabas Health/Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Lecture Explore Blue Zones and Super Agers, understand U.S. aging demographics, review healthy aging guidelines, and learn about new treatments for age-related illnesses,…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: ChatGPT, Robots and You
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025The Garden of the Righteous chronicles extraordinary acts amid immense threats and widespread apathy, presenting ten deeply researched, astonishingly moving stories of courage and moral choice during a dark era.…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: Raphael: Artist and Visionary with Janet Mandel
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025Raphael, a master of High Renaissance harmony and beauty, shaped our understanding of artistic perfection. This presentation previews the Met’s 2026 exhibition of over 200 works, illuminating his creative process…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: Our Golden Age of Jewish Architects with author Abbie Gorin
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025This presentation highlights the influential work of Jewish architects—Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie, Daniel Libeskind, and Richard Meier—whose designs have shaped modern architecture and cultural identity worldwide. About the speaker: Abbie…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heros Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust with author Richard Hurowitz
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025The Garden of the Righteous chronicles extraordinary acts amid immense threats and widespread apathy, presenting ten deeply researched, astonishingly moving stories of courage and moral choice during a dark era.…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: Marcel Duchamp: The Alchemist of the Avant-Garde with Janet Mandel
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025Marcel Duchamp, modern art’s defining iconoclast, constantly reinvented himself, challenging artistic norms and inspiring generations. Discover his innovative, genre-shifting works and the lasting shockwaves they sent through contemporary art. About…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: Saving Abigail: The True Story of the Abduction and Rescue of a Three-Year Old Hostage with author Liz Hirsh Naftali
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025Saving Abigail is a true story of a little girl taken hostage by Hamas the morning of October 7, 2023. With no road map for how to save a hostage,…
read more Adult Enrichment, life long learning Life Long Learning: Carole King: She Made the Earth Move with author Jane Eisner
Rita Apollon | TUE, DEC 30, 2025Jane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music. About the speaker: Jane Eisner is a widely published…
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