Passages sets speaker scheduleComing EventsAuthor, talk show host and Jewish philosopher Dennis Prager will discuss "Judaism: Liberal or Conservative or Uniquely Jewish?" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 at Beth El Congregation, 1118 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix. Prager has described his mission in life as "to get people obsessed with what is right and wrong." Lawrence Schiffman, a professor at New York University renowned for his research on the unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls, will discuss "The Dead Sea Scrolls: What They Say About Judaism and Christianity," at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2 at Temple Solel, 6805 E. McDonald Drive, Paradise Valley. Author John Loftus will speak at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyn Road, Phoenix, on "The Secret War Against the Jews." Loftus was a prosecutor with the U.S. Justice Department when he discovered and exposed American cooperation with Nazis accused of war crimes. He will discuss how American Jews have been spied upon and how Israel was set up for the Iran-Contra Affair.
Rabbi Harold Shulweis, senior rabbi of California's Valley Beth Shalom and author of numerous books, will discuss "For Those Who Can't Believe, Why Believe?" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at Beth El. Public policy analyst Ellen Cannon will discuss "Now that Clinton Is Elected, What's in Store for U.S.-Israeli Relations and Can There Be Peace Between Arabs and Israel -- and How?" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 at Temple Emanuel of Tempe, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe.
Series tickets are $50 per person, which include all seven lectures. Individual tickets are $10 per lecture. Patron levels are also available. Full-time students are admitted free. Call 234-1645.
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