| Wednesday 22 October. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue | Stephen
Sondheim | The
American composer and lyricist who transformed musical theatre with works such
as Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods. How Jewish was his genius, and how did his
background shape his art? |
| Wednesday 29 October. 14.00-15.00. JC Presents (Zoom) | Irving Berlin | The greatest American songwriter. He wrote Cheek to Cheek, There's No Business Like Show Business. White Christmas and God Bless America. A classic rags to riches story of a Jewish immigrant to America from Russia who made good. A musical extravaganza. |
| Sunday 2 November 20.00-21.00. B’nei
Brith Radlett | Groucho Marx | The American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. One of the Marx Brothers. |
| Monday 3 November. 14.00-15.00. Stanmore & Edgware League of Jewish Women. | Jerome Robbins | The American choreographer and director of West Side Story and the creative genius behind Fiddler on the Roof. |
| Wednesday 5 November. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue. | Abraham | The
biblical patriarch, revered as the first
Jew to enter into a covenant with God. But what do the Covenant and the Akedah
- the Binding of Isaac - really mean, and how have these defining stories been
interpreted in Jewish and Christian traditions? Joint
session with Jeremy Newton. |
| Monday 10 November. 13.45-14.30. Jewish Care - Michael Sobell. | 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 On the Sunny Side of the Street. |
| Thursday 13 November. 14.30-15.30. Radlett U3A Local History. | Stanley Kubrick | An American photographer and innovative filmmaker. Is 2001 A Space Odyssey one of the greatest religious films ever made? |
| Monday 17 November. 19.30-20.30. Highwood Women's Club. | 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 On the Sunny Side of the Street. |
| Wednesday 19 November. 19.45-20.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue. | Judith Kerr | The
German-born British writer and illustrator best known for The Tiger Who Came
to Tea, her books about a cat called Mog, and her semi-autobiographical
novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. How did her refugee experience
shape her stories for children? |
| Wednesday 19 November. 20.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue. | Tom Lehrer | The American satirist and songwriter whose witty, biting lyrics skewered politics, religion and society. Was his humour simply entertainment, or a deeply Jewish form of social commentary? |
| Tuesday 25 November. 14-00-15.00. Bushey Sage. | Jerome Kern | One of the most important American theatre composers who transformed musicals from light entertainment into powerful storytelling. He wrote more than 700 songs, including classics as Ol' Man River, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and The Way You Look Tonight. |
| Wednesday 26 November. 12-30-13.30. Bushey Prime. | Richard Rodgers | One of the most significant popular American composers of the 20th century, writing first with Lorenz Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein. A musical feast. |
| Wednesday 3 December. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue. | Daniel
Kahneman | The
Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel Prize winner who with Amos Tversky did
the foundational work for behavioural economics, and wrote the book Thinking
Fast and Slow. How does this help us understand Judaism - with its balance
of instinctive tradition and through reason? |
| Monday 15 December. 13.45-14.30. Jewish Care - Michael Sobell. | 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. |
| Wednesday 17 December. 19.45-21.30. Radlett Reform Synagogue. | Gustav
Mahler | The Austro-Bohemian composer
and conductor who became one of the leading figures of late Romantic music. How
did his symphonies mark a step change in musical history, and what made them so
revolutionary? Joint session with Andrew Blankfield. |
