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VERY YEAR SINCE EMANU-EL READS began, inspired by congregant Maxwell Moss’ idea for a congregationwide learning and reading experience, we have explored a different genre of literature. Emanu-El Reads first choice was a biography by Sherwin Nuland of Maimonides, the medieval giant of Jewish law and philosophy. Next we tackled A.J. Heschel’s spiritual discussion of the Sabbath. Other selections were Nicole Krauss’ masterful contemporary American novel The History of Love and journalist David Plotz’ Good Book, about his experience of reading the Hebrew Bible from cover to cover. Last year we had the opportunity to read The Liberated Bride by the great Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua.This year, Temple Emanu-El’s adventuresome and intellectually curious readers will have the opportunity to read and discuss The Eichmann Trial by noted historian and scholar Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University. Professor Lipstadt’s work describes the circumstances of Eichmann’s life in Argentina, the details of the trial, and a particularly nuanced and sensitive analysis of Hannah Arendt’s account of the trial.
To broaden our understanding of the issues raised by The Eichmann Trial, two lectures have been scheduled. Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski, executive director of the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El, will talk about Nazis in Argentina and what it was like to be a Jew in Buenos Aires. Distinguished jurist and professor of law Menachem Z. Rosensaft will talk about the Eichmann trial in the context of Nazi war criminal trials, beginning with the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. We also are very pleased that Professor Lipstadt will be the guest speaker for the Skirball Center’s Charles Grossman Memorial Lecture.
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