Shirley Lazarus Sunday Evening Speaker Series

Summer 2025 Speakers

2025 Shirley Lazarus programs will be announced in the Spring of 2025

                                        2024 Last Season’s Speakers

Week 2: June 30, 2024

Holocaust and Social Justice Education Program Presentation

The Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua proudly supports a Holocaust and Social Justice Education program for high school students in the greater Chautauqua area.

Week 3: July 7, 2024

Sabeeha Rehman & Walter Ruby: Rebuilding the Muslim-Jewish Alliance

Authors of We Refuse to be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace One Friendship at a Time

Week 4: July 14, 2024

Alex Laurant and Nancy Ross (both are cousins of George Gershwin)

“Sundaes” Together: George Gershwin, the Artist

Week 5: July 21, 2024

A Conversation with Erroll Davis

President of the African American Heritage House of Chautauqua Institution

Week 6: July 28, 2024

Cantor Roy Einhorn and Cantor Jodi Sufrin

Songs Make History and History Makes Songs: From Irving Berlin to Leonard Bernstein

Week 7: August 4, 2024

An Anne Frank Legacy: Cultivating Respect and Inclusivity in the Chautauqua Acceptance Garden

Co-sponsored by Chautauqua’s Bird, Tree and Garden Club

Week 8: August 11, 2024

Adam Lehman: President and CEO, Hillel International

Challenges and Pathways: Improving the Campus Climate for Jewish Students and All Students