Casual conversation

Please save the following dates for upcoming Casual Conversations on Zoom.  Individual announcements will be sent in advance of each event.

On Tuesday, September 19 at 5 pm, D.T. (Daniel) Max will be joining us for a Casual Conversation on Zoom.  Mr.

On Tuesday, August 29 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time, our classmate Dana Bevan will be in Casual Conversation with us on the subject of Transgender Science.  She has provided the following:

On Thursday, July 20 at 5 pm Eastern Time, Professor Moshe Naor will be our guest for a Casual Conversation that focuses on the social and political nature of the State of Israel.  As with Rachel Greenblatt, Ph.D., our last guest, Professor Naor was suggested for a Casual Conversation to Bruce Alpert, Chair of the Jewish Culture Group.
 
Here is Professor Naor’s short biography:
 

On Tuesday, June 27 at 5 pm, we will have a Casual Conversation, sponsored by the Jewish Culture group, with Rachel L. Greenblatt, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth and Judaica Librarian at Brandeis University.  Dr.

On Sunday, June 11 at 3 pm Eastern Time, my good friend John Bainbridge, Jr. will discuss with us his new book, Gun Barons: The Weapons that Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them (St. Martin’s Press 2022).
 

On Monday, Jun 5 at 5 pm Eastern we will be joined by John Avlon of CNN (and much more) for a Casual Conversation prompted by his bookLincoln and the Fight for Peace (Simon & Schuster 2022).   Here is the first paragraph of the bio he has posted on his website,

On Tuesday, May 16 at 5 pm Eastern Time, Thayer Professor Emeritus Alexander Hartov will join us for a Casual Conversation sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group.  Professor Hartov is the co-founder the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive.
 
Bruce Alpert, chair of the Jewish Culture Group found out about the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive when he received the Dartmouth News email on April 7: 

https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2023/04/dartmouth-jewish-sound-archive-mark-150000-tracks 

Please join us for a Casual Conversation on Sunday, May 14 at 3 pm with the distinguished psychiatrist, addiction specialist, and scholar Sally Satel, M.D.