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Life Long Learning: Screen to Stage: When Films Become Broadway Musicals
JCC MetroWest | MON, JUL 31, 2023It used to be common for stage musicals to be adapted as films. The trend has reversed and now it seems like most new Broadway musicals are based on popular…
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Life Long Learning: The Past Is Prologue: Political Films of the 1970s
JCC MetroWest | MON, JUL 31, 2023The 1970s were an artistically-rich period for American filmmaking, which often responded to recent history and the socio-political environment of the 1970s. Some of these films are best-considered products of…
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Life Long Learning: 36th Annual Shirley C. Green Memorial Symposium Israel Update with Max Kleinman
JCC MetroWest | MON, JUL 31, 2023Max Kleinman is a consultant for the Jewish Community Legacy Project and chairs the Combatting Antisemitism Initiative for Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, NJ. He is a columnist for the…
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Life Long Learning: The History of American Song
JCC MetroWest | MON, JUL 31, 2023The History of American Song is as complex and beautiful as America itself. American music includes Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Broadway, and Rock & Roll. This interactive lecture will…
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Life Long Learning: A Beginner’s Guide to Advanced Spirituality
JCC MetroWest | MON, JUL 31, 2023Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz will discuss his award-winning book, Where Are You? A Beginner’s Guide to Advanced Spirituality, as he leads the audience on a journey of transformation. Aided by wisdom…
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Life Long Learning: 2023: Celebrating the Genius of Pablo Picasso
JCC MetroWest | MON, JUL 31, 20232023 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso. Join Janet Mandel to learn about Picasso’s inexhaustible creativity and explore his tumultuous life, revealed through beautiful images of…
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Life Long Learning: The Minna Miller Edison Story with Alex Rimer
JCC MetroWest | THU, JUN 29, 2023SEDUCED BY THE LIGHT The Mina Miller Edison Story by Alexandra Rimer This special summer Life Long Learning program will discuss the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison,…
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JCC MetroWest | WED, JUN 21, 2023For the last 28 years, Elaine Leeder has been working in prisons. She has seen that there is redemption, remorse, and contrition behind the walls, finding that people can be…
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JCC MetroWest | WED, JUN 14, 2023Summer Life Long Learning: At the age of 93, my first book, “I Am A Palestinian Jew”, has just been published and is on Amazon- Margalit Edelson. It is a…
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Life Long Learning: Ben Shahn: The People’s Painter
JCC MetroWest | MON, FEB 06, 2023Two-Part Series! Ben Shahn is celebrated for his bold, anguished imagery, which he deployed in order to protest against social injustice. His paintings, photographs, graphic art, and public murals were…
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