THE SCHEMEL FORUM

THINK FALL - THINK SCHEMEL

For Cultural Enrichment and Education in the Community
A program of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library
FALL 2009 LUNCHEON SEMINAR SERIES


Insights into World Affairs: Past, Present and Future


Give Art A Chance: An art curator’s perspective on intertwining art in the historical narrative of the Holocaust
Judith Shendar
Deputy Director and Senior Art Curator, Yad Vashem, Israel
  Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  Noon to 1:30 PM
  The Heritage Room, 5th Floor, Weinberg Memorial Library

Israel/Palestine: A Tale of Two Truths
David N. Myers
Professor of Jewish History, UCLA
  Monday, October 5, 2009
  Noon to 1:30 PM
  Brennan Hall, Room 509

Promised Land: The Books that Shaped America
Jay Parini,
Distinguished Author & Professor of English, Middlebury College
  Tuesday, October 13, 2009
  Noon to 1:30 PM
  Collegiate Hall at Redington Hall

Afghanistan/Pakistan: As Seen from the Ground
Trudy Rubin
World Affairs Correspondent, The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Monday, October 19, 2009
  Noon to 1:30 PM
  Brennan Hall, Room 509

US Foreign Policy: Ten Months into the Obama Era
Harvey Sicherman
President, Foreign Policy Research Institute
  Monday, October 26, 2009
  Brennan Hall, Room 509

*Free for Schemel Forum Members
$20 per luncheon per person
$75 per series of 4 per person


$30 per luncheon per couple
$110 per series of 4 per couple

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Kym Balthazar Fetsko, Schemel Forum Events Coordinator
570-941-7816
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For more information on the Schemel Forum, contact:
Sondra Myers, Schemel Forum Director
570-941-4089
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