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• Current Issues Discussion Group

  • Start
    April 18, 2024
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  • End
    October 17, 2024
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom Only

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  Current Issues Discussion Group

  Lead by Ron Mutchnik

  Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 1:00 PM

  
  

  Each month the group engages in an interesting, relevant and often controversial discussion.  A shared magazine article is used as a spur for the interaction.  If you enjoy stimulating conversations about current issues with a group of critical thinkers, please join us.

  
  

  For additional information, contact Ron Mutchnik

  
  

  Topics

  January 18:  Falling Behind: What's the matter with Men

  February 15:  On The Line: The future of American Labor Politics

  March 21:  In The Cities of Killing: The Hamas Massacre, the Air Strikes in Gaza, and What Comes After

  April 18:  Abolish The Poor: Matthew Desmond Argues that Poverty Persists Because We Let It

  May 16:  Home Fires: Why the Flames Kindled at Waco are Still Burning

  
  

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• Book Discussion Group

  • Start
    May 09, 2024
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  • End
    October 10, 2024
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom only April through October

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  MCA Book Group

  Meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month through Ocotber and then the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2:30pm 

  Zoom only April through October

  The books we discuss which are recommended by group members may be on any subject, whether fiction or non-fiction. The discussions, led by a group member, will focus on the theme, character development and quality of writing.

  If you enjoy reading books of substance and discussing with peers, you will definitely enjoy this group.

  Books Selections

  March 14 - Giannis -- The improbable rise of an NBA champion --by Mirin Fader

  April 11 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. This is a 2023 novel about Black and Jewish residents of a neighborhood in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the 1920s and 1930s.

  May 9 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. A very well regarded book that became controversial because the subject was a Latina but the author was not. 

   June 13 -James, by Percival Everett. The reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from enslaved Jim's point of view.

  July 11- Age of Revolutions, Progress, and Backlash, 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria. There have been turbulent times in the past. Globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics are creating them again.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Israel Discussion Group

  • Start
    May 13, 2024
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  • End
    October 14, 2024
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Israel Discussion Group

  Lead by Colin Lewis and Allan Pilver

  Meets on the second Monday of the month at 10AM

  May through October via Zoom

  
  

  The current multi front crisis facing Israel weighs on us all.  The MCA Israel Discussion Group is an opportunity to share, listen and learn in these times of constant crisis and hopefully times of quiet.  
  

  This discussion group will be devoted to these current events. With a limited audience, participants will have an opportunity to dig into these pressing issues of the day and share opinions with fellow MCA members.  

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• Civil Rights Journey

  • Start
    October 31, 2024
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    8:00 PM
  • End
    November 03, 2024
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    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Georgia and Alabama
  • Spaces left
    44

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  Civil Rights Journey 

  October 31,– November 03, 2024
  

                                                         This Civil Rights journey uses the history, sites, and current issues as a springboard to highlight the relationship, and at times, the tension, of the Jewish and American identity. The journeys are a mix of fun, sightseeing, education, and meetings with organizations and people who have been and are still involved in creating America.

  In addition we will also discuss Jewish involvement in the Movement and how our Passover story correlates so strongly with the Civil Rights story. 

  By visiting the Equal Justice Initiative, you will understand that Civil Rights is not an issue that only impacted a specific people in the 1950's & 60's, but remains an ongoing issue today, and being fought for by a variety of groups that have not felt that they had a voice in the world.

  Cities visited include Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, Alabama.

  The price includes hotels, ground transportation admissions and programming costs. It also includes all meals (beginning on Friday breakfast and ending with Sunday breakfast), Sunday lunch not included.

  Cost for a Couple: $2470.00 For a Single: $1490.00

  Airfare to ATL is not included.

  Deposits must be received by July 15th.

  Click HERE to review a detailed itinerary.

  Click HERE to learn about the trip organizers.

  Click HERE to read about Shaare Emeth trip in April.

  Contact Michael Sobol for additional information.

  
  

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