My mother liked to think that everything was better in America. She didn’t want to hear that we’d bought a German dryer because it was the best one in the shop. She was sure that she got the best health care in the world because she lived in America. The idea that by running off [...]
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Gershom Gorenberg and Haim Watzman are available for lecturing in Israel and abroad.
Gershom will be spending November 2012 in Australia as a scholar in residence. He will be in the U.S. as a visiting professor from mid-January through April 2013. If your organization, congregation or campus would like arrange a lecture, please contact him at gershomg@gmail.com.
Haim will be visiting the U.S. in September 2011, January-February 2012, and July/August 2012. He'll be in Atlanta, Denver, and New York, and other venues are possible. His debut of his new "Necessary Stories" presentation in New York in Nov. 2009 was a great success! See his Speaking and Performance page for details about this show and lecture topics. Please contact him at hwatzman@gmail.com.
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