Lunch & Lecture

Lunch & Lecture is run several times throughout the year and aims to expose the Jewish community to talented and remarkable individuals from overseas or within the local community. Question time and a free exchange of ideas always follow. 

Exciting lectures to date include:

• Prof Alan Rosenthal of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on "Eichmann to Oslo: A Filmmaker's Perspective"
  
• Dr Rivka Maoz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on "The Image of Women in Palmach [Army] Songs: Comrades or Objects of Male Fantasy?"
  
• Prof Emil Fackenheim, eminent Jewish philosopher, on "Foundations of Post-Holocaust Thought"
  
• Dr Yossi Beilin, leading Israeli politician, on "Israel Today and Tomorrow"
  
• Adam Michnik, the famous Polish writer and intellectual, on "Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Between Ethnic Nationalism and a Tolerant Society"
  
• Prof Naomi Chazan, member of the Israeli cabinet, on "The Netanyahu Government: A Performance Appraisal"