The Dorothee and Lewis Ryterband Lectures Series, sponsored by the Temple Israel Brotherhood, occurs many Sunday mornings during religious school year. Admission is $7 for a session, or a subscription to all talks may be purchased for $65. There is no charge for new members of Temple Israel or post-confirmation students. All fees include the talk and a brunch of bagels, coffee and other delicacies. The brunch begins at 9:45 a.m. and the talk begins at 10:15 a.m. The brunch concludes no later than 11:45 a.m. Talks include an extensive question and answer session. Non-members and non-Jews are welcome. No prior knowledge is required or expected.
2022 Schedule
January 9, 2022
Michal Avera Samuel
Senior Community Shlicha, Israel and Overseas Director, JewishColumbus
My Israeli Story- Journey to Jerusalem
January 30, 2022
Rabbi Jonathan L Hecht, Ph.D.
Dean - Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati
Providence is not just a city in Rhode Island!
February 6, 2022
Dr. Fred Krome
Professor, University of Cincinnati-Clermont
Kabbalah Comes to America:
Gershom Scholem and the Origins of English Language Scholarship on Jewish Mysticism
February 27, 2022
Dr. Surender Neravetla
Cardiac Surgery Chair, Kettering Health Dayton
Swap the Salt and Stop Living a Life with Disabilities and Premature Death
March 6 & 20, 2022
Barb Katz
Adjunct, Political Science faculty, Illinois Community College
Facts and Fictions in the American Jewish - Black Relationship - Parts 1 & 2
April 3, 2022
Rabbi Tina Sobo
Rabbi/Educator, Temple Israel, Dayton, Ohio
Sacred Monsters
May 1, 2022
Dr. Jennifer Grayson
Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Jewish History
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion & Xavier University
The World of the Cairo Geniza: The Jews of Medieval Islam
May 8, 2022
Marshall Weiss
Editor and Publisher, The Dayton Jewish Observer
Project Director, Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History
Judaism and Americanism in Dayton a Century Ago
May 15, 2022
Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz
Senior Rabbi, Temple Israel, Dayton, Ohio
From My Side of the Bimah