Analyzes some of the major works of fiction produced in the United States over the past century, using as a focal point the idea of "freedom of speech."
Discussion of the history of ancient Rome from its pinnacle to its fall.
"A major focus will be on the key painters of the Impressionist Movement: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne, Berthe Morisot, Gustave Caillebote, Mary Cassatt, and Edgar Degas. We will also look at those artists whose work came out of the Impress…
God, Torah, and Israel. These three concepts (i.e., personal belief, the meaning of Jewish ritual acts, and the purpose of continued Jewish existence) have been the focus of Jewish thought throughout history. But the last four centuries presented Jewish thinkers with difficult c…