OLLI101495 - Reliving the Blacklist Thru Jewish Eyes [In-person at TUCC]

Course Description

Reliving the Blacklist Thru Jewish Eyes

Instructor: Paul Farber
Dates: Tuesdays, Sep 26-Dec 5
No Class: Nov 21
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC)
 

George Santayana’s adage, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it,” is prescient in the matter of the Blacklist of mid-20th century America. Many of the hostile witnesses asked to testify before HUAC, as well as many of Hollywood writers were Jewish. We will relive the Blacklist by studying the Rosenberg Trial, the Hollywood Ten and well known individuals such as Roy Cohn, Paul Robeson, Arthur Miller and others whose lives were forever altered by assaults on constitutional rights in the name of national security.
Maximum in-person registrants: 50

Instructor’s Bio:

Paul Farber, AB, DDS, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Rochester; professor emeritus, Temple University School of Medicine. Paul spent 35 years teaching basic science to medical and dental students. He has published his research in microbiology and immunology.

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