Future Talks
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| Monday 20 January. 11.30-12.30. Jewish Care Sandringham | Richard Rodgers | One of the most significant popular American composers of the 20th century, writing first with Larry Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein. A musical feast. |
| Tuesday 21 January. 13.30-14.30. Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue | Danny Kaye | The versatile American entertainer, who excelled as an actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. The first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF. |
| Wednesday 22 January. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue | Israel ben Eliezer - the Baal Shem Tov | A Jewish mystic and healer and founder of Hasidic Judaism in the 18th century which emphasised emotions and joy over rationality. |
| Saturday 25 January. 13.15-14.00. Liberal Jewish Synagogue Nosh 'n Drosh | Rabbi John Rayner | A rabbi-scholar, teacher and role model, who was for forty years the foremost Progressive rabbi in the UK. |
| Monday 27 January. 13-45-14.45. Jewish Care. Michael Sobell Centre | Irving Berlin | The greatest American songwriter. A classic rags-to-riches story of a Jewish immigrant to America from Russia who made good. A musical extravaganza. |
| Tuesday 28 January. 14.00-15.00. JC Presents (Zoom) | Rabbi Hugo Gryn | A British Reform rabbi, Auschwitz survivor, educator, interfaith advocate and national broadcaster. How did he live his life as an “ethical nuisance”? |
| Wednesday 5 February. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue | Camille Pissarro | A 19th century Danish-French painter, who revolutionised art; the father of impressionism. |
| Thursday 6 February. 20.00-21.00. B’nei Brith - Raoul Wallenburg Lodge | Dorothy Fields | The most successful female lyricist in the golden age of the American musical, who wrote songs such as The Way You Look Tonight, A Fine Romance and Hey Big Spender! |
| Monday 10 February. 15.00-16.00. St James' 60+ Club, Bushey. | Richard Rodgers | One of the most significant popular American composers of the 20th century, writing first with Larry Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein. A musical feast. |
| Wednesday 19 February. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue | Licoricia of Winchester | The wealthiest medieval English Jewish businesswoman with contacts at the highest levels. What was life like for Jews in England between 1070 and 1290? |
| Thursday 20 February. 1.30-2.30, West London Synagogue. Seymour Group. | The Rothschild Family | 19th century bankers and philanthropists; the richest and most influential Jewish dynasty. What made them so successful? |
| Monday 24 February. 14.00-15.00. JC Presents (Zoom) | Burt Bacharach | An American composer, record producer, and pianist and ‘the king of easy listening’, with hits such as What the World Needs Now Is Love, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head and Walk on By. |
| Tuesday 25 February. 20.00-21.00. After 8 Society. | Sholem Aleichem | A popular Russian-Yiddish novelist who wrote hundreds of stories including Tevye the Dairyman, which was turned into Fiddler on the Roof. He was called The Jewish Mark Twain. Who was the man behind the myth? |
| Shabbat 1 March 9.15-10.15. Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue. | Esther | The beautiful Jewish queen of King Ahasuerus, who heroically saved the Jews of Persia. Is she a feminist icon? What is her story really all about? |
| Sunday 2 March. 18.30-19.30. Kolot Mayim, Vancouver. | Are Jews really a special people? | What drives Jews to audaciously challenge the status quo and make groundbreaking advancements? |
| Wednesday 5 March. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue | George Weidenfeld | A 20th century British publisher, philanthropist and Zionist. “the greatest salesperson” and the “world's best networker”. |
| Wednesday 19 March. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue | Jerome Kern | One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century. He wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including classics as Ol' Man River, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and The Way You Look Tonight |