CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM TUESDAY NIGHT LEARNING AT THE SHAAR FALL 2018 SEMESTER 7:30 PM FREE ADMISSION ALL ARE WELCOME OCTOBER 9 The Decline of Democracy &What it Means for the Jews YASCHA MOUNK How to Save it& Stranger in my Own Country-A Jewish Family in Modern Germany Lecturer on Government at Harvard University, & one of the world's leading experts on the crisis of liberal democracy & the rise of populism OCTOBER 16 Immortality: The Exceptional Life & Writing of Abraham Sutzkever RUTH WISSE Harvard Professor, pioneer in the academic study of Yiddish & political polemic. Author of The Schlemiel as Modern Hero'& The Mdem Jewish Canon : A Journey Through Language & Culture' OCTOBER 23 Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump JONATHAN WEISMAN Congressional Editor & Deputy Washington Editor at the New York Times & author of the novel No. 4 imperial Lane" OCTOBER 30 Leading Colleges&Universities: Lessons from Higher Education Leaders STEPHEN TRACHTENBERG, President Emeritus of George Washington University in conversation with BERNARD SHAPIRO Past Principal of McGil University Dinner at the Center of the Earth NATHAN ENGLANDER American short story writer & novelist. His 1999 debut short story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges won entical acclaim & the PEN/Malamud Award & went through 13 printings in hardcover Anne Frank was a finalist for the Puitzer Prize 425 Metcalfe Avenue, Westmount 514.937.9471 shaarhashomayim.or/TNL SHAAR HASHOMAYIM