Archive: November 2022

Jewish Answers to Life’s Most Challenging Questions with Rabbi Michael Siegel

Posted on November 14, 2022

November 14, 2022 – December 12, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – Join Rabbi Siegel in a four-week class of Melton curriculum. Roll up your sleeves as we grapple with life’s toughest questions, such as:  “Why do good people suffer?”  “Is everything that happens pre-ordained?”  “Can’t God make a miracle for me?”  In just four short weeks, we’ll attempt a philosophical understanding of these timeless questions through […]

Radioactive: How Father Coughlin Brought anti-Semitism and Demagoguery to American Media With Andrew Lapin

Posted on December 8, 2022

December 8, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – During the Great Depression, the most dangerous man in America was a “radio priest” from Detroit. Father Charles Coughlin, a Catholic priest, broadcasting pioneer and celebrity, used his nationwide radio sermons to promote fascism and antisemitic conspiracy theories in the run-up to WWII. He became America’s first mass-media demagogue, cultivating a loyal following of violent […]