Wednesday, January 8, 2025 (NOTE: SECOND WEDNESDAY)
Social Hour 6:30, Talk 7:00 PM (Zoom(r) Only)
Speaker: Lex Gillespie, three time Peabody Award-winning public radio journalist-turned-filmmaker
Topic: "The Catskills" is a feature-length documentary film on the rise and fall of the Borscht Belt. With a trove of lost-and-found archival footage and a cast of characters endowed with the gift of gab, "The Catskills" journeys into the storied mountain getaway north of New York City that served as refuge for Jewish immigrants fleeing poverty as well as a lavish playground for affluent Jewish families. Stand-up comedians share their best shtick while former waiters, entertainers, and dance instructors recount tales of the family-run resorts and bungalows that inspired films like "Dirty Dancing." The film will be made available to members for review before the meeting. www.thecatskillsfilm.com
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Speaker: TBD
Topic: TBD
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Speaker: TBD
Topic: TBD
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Social Hour 6:30, Talk 7:00 PM (Zoom(r) Only)
Speaker: TBD
Topic: TBD
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Speaker: Arthur Caplan, PhD, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Topic: “"Ethical challenges at the frontiers of organ transplantation"