| Friday 3 May. 11.00-12.00. Bushey Drop-In | 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.
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Tuesday 7 May, 14.00-15.00. JC Presents (Zoom)
| Arthur Miller | The renowned American playwright, author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which explored contemporary ethical issues. Husband to Marilyn Monroe.
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| Wednesday 8 May, 14.00-15.15. Heath Hill Women's Club | Dorothy Fields | The most successful female lyricist in the golden age of the American musical, with songs such as The Way You Look Tonight, A Fine Romance and Hey Big Spender!
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| Tuesday 28 May, 14.00-15.00. AJR (Zoom) | André Previn
| The German-American pianist, composer, and conductor in jazz, and classical music. He won four Oscars, but didn’t always get others to play the notes in the right order.
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| Thursday 20 June, 14.00-15.00. Stanmore Safire | Leonard Bernstein | The American composer, conductor and pianist. A maestro of both classical music and popular musicals and the composer of West Side Story.
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| Wednesday 26 June, 13.30-14.30. Borehamwood JACS | The Rothschild Family | 19th century bankers and philanthropists; the richest and most influential Jewish dynasty. What made them so successful?
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| Thursday 27 June, 20.00-21.00. Raoul
Wallenberg B'nei Brith Lodge | Marc Chagall | The most famous Jewish artist of the 20th century who created his own style of modern art, based on Jewish Eastern European folk culture. A visual treat.
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Thursday 11 July, 14.00-15.00. JC Presents (Zoom)
| 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?
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