PAST PROGRAMS
Mordecai Kaplan
Lesser Women in the Bible
History of the Cochin Synagogue in India from 1568-1968
How French and Italian Jews Survived the Holocaust
Treatment of Animals in the Bible and Healthy Diets
Tisha B’Av
Destructive Cults
Miriam
Kabbalah
Spinoza
Religion and the American Election
Jews in Agriculture
Maimonides
Abraham
Ethnogenesis of the Jewish People
The History and Development of the Hebrew Alphabet
A Northern Jew Becomes a Southern Police Officer and Private Investigator
High Holydays Without Synagogue
Twenty-Eight Years of an Academic Career Working in Russia and with Russian Students in the U.S.
Humanistic Approach to Judaism
A Rabbi’s Work with the Vatican
The Challenge of Assimilation to Future Jewish Continuity
Israel Update: Dialogue with a Prominent Israeli-American
The Unsung Jewish Resistance Heroes During the Holocaust
Cancel Culture
A Taste of Talmud
A Trilogy: Samuel, Saul, and David
Medical Assistance in Dying
Golda Meir
Music as Resistance in the Holocaust
President Biden and the Middle East: Continuity or New directions?
Coming to a Theater Near You
Evangelicals and Jews
Memories of a Kindertransport Survivor
Being a Kidney Donor
Food Insecurity in Israel During the Pandemic and Beyond
Women in Politics:– Where We Are and Where We’re Headed
Illegal Immigrants in Israel from Sudan and Eritrea
Bella Abzug, the Congresswoman from New York City
What Tisha B’Av Means to Us Today
The Meaning of the Unah Taneh Tokef
The Etrog: Rare and Revered Fruit
IsraAID: Israeli Humanitarian Aid Around the World
Evolution of Ritual, Belief and Practice
The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue in Israel and Palestine in the Service of Peace
The Seven Species and More: Biblical Plants and your Health
Why Kristallnacht was the "End of the Beginning" of German Nazi terror and
"The Beginning of the End” for Jews in Europe
Joshua
The Journey to Preserve the History of Small-Town Jewish Communities
The Jews of China: Keifung, Harbin and Shanghai
Memories of Marcel Marceau and the Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in Europe and How Our Jewish Community is Combating It
Kindertransport Survivor
The Untold Story of how the Stories were Told (Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation)
Surviving the Americans – Treatment of Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust
Challenges to Living Non-violently with Peace and Justice
How to Educate our Youth to Deal with the Challenges of Life Jewishly
King Solomon and Why He Was Israel’s Best King
Israel: A State of the Nation Report
Historical Perspective on the War in Ukraine
Purim Explained
Vashti: Purim's Other Woman
Water Quality in South Florida: Challenges and Opportunities
Anti-Asian Discrimination and Attitudes in the United States
My Journey As a Convert to Judaism
The Passover Seder: The Basics and the Subversive
Across the Square: A Grandchild’s Quest to Find his Grandmother’s Holocaust Survival Story
Tracking the Elusive Box Turtles of Sanibel
The Great Florida Invasion: From Pepper to Pythons
The Challenge and Promise of Catholic-Jewish Relations Today
Why the Maccabees Would be Horrified by Chanukkah
Anti-Asian Discrimination and Attitudes in the United States
My Journey As a Convert to Judaism
The Challenge and Promise of Catholic-Jewish Relations Today
Aging and Stress
Magdala, Crossroads of Jewish and Christian History: A Story of Discovery, Creativity, and Encounter
Fate, Family, Fasting: Three Eternal Pillars of the High Holidays
Trends in Antisemitism and Extremism in Florida and the US
Is the Golden Age of American Jewry Over?
The Work of SCCF on Water Quality Issues Including the Effect of Hurricane Ian on Sanibel’s Marine Environment and the Caloosahatchee River Watershed
How Israel is Leading in Water Renewal
When Criticism Turns to Hatred: Antizionism and Antisemitism
Why Hate Speech Cannot be Defined
Reflections from Campus: What Jewish Student Life on Campus Today Might Teach Us about Jewish Life Tomorrow
The Importance of Israel’s Yom Ha’Atsmaut Celebrating Seventy-five Years of Independence
Israel’s 9/11: The Short and Long-term Implications
Jerusalem: The Divided/United City
From Tikkun Olam to Ticking Bomb: The Effect on Jewish Students on the Universities’ War Against the Jewish State
An In-country Perspective: Personal Observations Directly from Israel on the Ongoing Israeli/Palestinian Crisis
Addressing Hate Speech and Anti-Semitism in Condo and Homeowners Associations
Ask the Rabbi
The Israel-Hamas War: Global and Regional Implications
The Life and Times of Commordore Uriah P. Levy, First American Jewish Naval Hero and Savior of Monticello
Ask the Doctors
What You Might Want to Know About Unitarian-Universalism
The Real Fight for Academic Freedom
Israel at War as Seen Through the Eyes of a Volunteer Doctor
Ask the Doctors Part II
Reflections from My Trip to Israel as a Volunteer in February, 2004
Choosing Life vs. Choosing Death: Judaism’s Vital Message for Civilization
Emma Goldman: A Woman Ahead of Her Time
Intimations of a Dark Period: The Renewal of Anti-Semitism in the US and Abroad
My Life with Shells
For more details about our group or upcoming events, or to join us for any or all of these events, contact us at [email protected] or write to
PO Box 722, Sanibel, FL, 33957.
Lesser Women in the Bible
History of the Cochin Synagogue in India from 1568-1968
How French and Italian Jews Survived the Holocaust
Treatment of Animals in the Bible and Healthy Diets
Tisha B’Av
Destructive Cults
Miriam
Kabbalah
Spinoza
Religion and the American Election
Jews in Agriculture
Maimonides
Abraham
Ethnogenesis of the Jewish People
The History and Development of the Hebrew Alphabet
A Northern Jew Becomes a Southern Police Officer and Private Investigator
High Holydays Without Synagogue
Twenty-Eight Years of an Academic Career Working in Russia and with Russian Students in the U.S.
Humanistic Approach to Judaism
A Rabbi’s Work with the Vatican
The Challenge of Assimilation to Future Jewish Continuity
Israel Update: Dialogue with a Prominent Israeli-American
The Unsung Jewish Resistance Heroes During the Holocaust
Cancel Culture
A Taste of Talmud
A Trilogy: Samuel, Saul, and David
Medical Assistance in Dying
Golda Meir
Music as Resistance in the Holocaust
President Biden and the Middle East: Continuity or New directions?
Coming to a Theater Near You
Evangelicals and Jews
Memories of a Kindertransport Survivor
Being a Kidney Donor
Food Insecurity in Israel During the Pandemic and Beyond
Women in Politics:– Where We Are and Where We’re Headed
Illegal Immigrants in Israel from Sudan and Eritrea
Bella Abzug, the Congresswoman from New York City
What Tisha B’Av Means to Us Today
The Meaning of the Unah Taneh Tokef
The Etrog: Rare and Revered Fruit
IsraAID: Israeli Humanitarian Aid Around the World
Evolution of Ritual, Belief and Practice
The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue in Israel and Palestine in the Service of Peace
The Seven Species and More: Biblical Plants and your Health
Why Kristallnacht was the "End of the Beginning" of German Nazi terror and
"The Beginning of the End” for Jews in Europe
Joshua
The Journey to Preserve the History of Small-Town Jewish Communities
The Jews of China: Keifung, Harbin and Shanghai
Memories of Marcel Marceau and the Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in Europe and How Our Jewish Community is Combating It
Kindertransport Survivor
The Untold Story of how the Stories were Told (Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation)
Surviving the Americans – Treatment of Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust
Challenges to Living Non-violently with Peace and Justice
How to Educate our Youth to Deal with the Challenges of Life Jewishly
King Solomon and Why He Was Israel’s Best King
Israel: A State of the Nation Report
Historical Perspective on the War in Ukraine
Purim Explained
Vashti: Purim's Other Woman
Water Quality in South Florida: Challenges and Opportunities
Anti-Asian Discrimination and Attitudes in the United States
My Journey As a Convert to Judaism
The Passover Seder: The Basics and the Subversive
Across the Square: A Grandchild’s Quest to Find his Grandmother’s Holocaust Survival Story
Tracking the Elusive Box Turtles of Sanibel
The Great Florida Invasion: From Pepper to Pythons
The Challenge and Promise of Catholic-Jewish Relations Today
Why the Maccabees Would be Horrified by Chanukkah
Anti-Asian Discrimination and Attitudes in the United States
My Journey As a Convert to Judaism
The Challenge and Promise of Catholic-Jewish Relations Today
Aging and Stress
Magdala, Crossroads of Jewish and Christian History: A Story of Discovery, Creativity, and Encounter
Fate, Family, Fasting: Three Eternal Pillars of the High Holidays
Trends in Antisemitism and Extremism in Florida and the US
Is the Golden Age of American Jewry Over?
The Work of SCCF on Water Quality Issues Including the Effect of Hurricane Ian on Sanibel’s Marine Environment and the Caloosahatchee River Watershed
How Israel is Leading in Water Renewal
When Criticism Turns to Hatred: Antizionism and Antisemitism
Why Hate Speech Cannot be Defined
Reflections from Campus: What Jewish Student Life on Campus Today Might Teach Us about Jewish Life Tomorrow
The Importance of Israel’s Yom Ha’Atsmaut Celebrating Seventy-five Years of Independence
Israel’s 9/11: The Short and Long-term Implications
Jerusalem: The Divided/United City
From Tikkun Olam to Ticking Bomb: The Effect on Jewish Students on the Universities’ War Against the Jewish State
An In-country Perspective: Personal Observations Directly from Israel on the Ongoing Israeli/Palestinian Crisis
Addressing Hate Speech and Anti-Semitism in Condo and Homeowners Associations
Ask the Rabbi
The Israel-Hamas War: Global and Regional Implications
The Life and Times of Commordore Uriah P. Levy, First American Jewish Naval Hero and Savior of Monticello
Ask the Doctors
What You Might Want to Know About Unitarian-Universalism
The Real Fight for Academic Freedom
Israel at War as Seen Through the Eyes of a Volunteer Doctor
Ask the Doctors Part II
Reflections from My Trip to Israel as a Volunteer in February, 2004
Choosing Life vs. Choosing Death: Judaism’s Vital Message for Civilization
Emma Goldman: A Woman Ahead of Her Time
Intimations of a Dark Period: The Renewal of Anti-Semitism in the US and Abroad
My Life with Shells
For more details about our group or upcoming events, or to join us for any or all of these events, contact us at [email protected] or write to
PO Box 722, Sanibel, FL, 33957.