Professor Stephen Berk

Congregation Agudat Achim's Programing Committee announces a series of six fascinating lectures with Dr. Stephen Berk, professor of history at Union College and Scholar-in- Residence at Congregation Agudat Achim for more than 30 years.

Come join us this fall for Dr. Stephen Berk's newest lecture series, "From Lenin to Putin: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union and the Resurgence of Russia".

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Congregation Agudat Achim is pleased to announce this year’s fall lecture series with our Scholar in Residence, for over 30 years, Dr. Stephen Berk. This year’s topic “The Great War and the Jews” takes a look back at the events that shaped the world 100 years ago. To get more details or register by mail, please click here

As Program Director for Congregation Agudat Achim, I am pleased to announce the following dates: September 9, 16, 23, 30, as well as October 7 and 14 for our annual Dr. Stephen Berk Lectures. The course this year will be entitled: "The New Middle East".  Lecture 1 is on Egypt; Lecture 2 is about Lebanon and Jordan; Lecture 3 is on Syria; Lecture 4 is on Iraq and Turkey; Lecture 5 is on Iran; and finally, Lecture 6 will be on America, Israel and the New Middle East....

The subject matter for the 2012 Fall Lecture series has been announced. You can view it here. 

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We have added a podcast feature to the website. Dr. Berk will be giving updates through out the year on a variety of subjects. Check out his first one on Israeli/Turkish relations. You can access the Podcast page from the menu on the left or by clicking here. Podcast

Please give a listen to this very interesting Podcast by NPR on my video page. I'd love to know what you think.

The link is here: NPR