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  • Joe Edley: Scrabble Play-by-Play

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    In this unique workshop, enjoy a mental workout by playing through a complete Scrabble game, play-by-play, learning at every move how three-time National Scrabble Champion Joe Edley would play those same racks!

  • Joe Edley: Scrabble Master Class

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    A Scrabble enthusiast’s delight!

  • Ambassador Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
    Tue, May 29, 2012, 8 pm

    Dennis Ross is the co-author, with David Makovsky, of Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East. They offer their perspective on recent events in the Middle East, the peace process and the future of Israel.

  • Elie Wiesel: The Greatness of Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
    Wed, May 30, 2012, 8 pm

    When Rabbi Eliezer the Great, a revered sage, saw corruption and evil in Sanhedrin, the Jewish court, he single-handedly staged a protest and was excommunicated.

  • A Genetic History of the Jewish People with Dr. Harry Ostrer in Conversation with Laurie Goodstein
    Tue, Jun 5, 2012, 8:15 pm

    Explore the history of the efforts to determine who the Jews are: a race, a people, a religious group?

  • John Heilemann in Conversation with David Axelrod
    Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 8 pm

    John Heilemann is joined by political analysts and journalists to assess the tenor of the country at this pivotal time.

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    Women’s Self Expression in Religious Society: Talia Carner and Dr. Phyllis Chesler
    Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 8:15 pm

    Journey back in time to the Holy Land under the Ottoman Empire with Talia Carner’s novel, Jerusalem Maiden which depicts a woman’s struggle for freedom against her community’s religious dictates.

  • Christopher Buckley with Chris Matthews
    Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 8:15 pm

    Satirist Christopher Buckley returns to 92nd Street Y to discuss his career and a hilarious and sure-to-be-controversial novel about US/China relations.

  • War, Politics and Evolution: What Humans Do and Why They Do It
    Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 8:15 pm

    Delve into the psychological roots of morality, its connection to political conflict and the ways we form instant judgments of others and convince ourselves that our positions are the right ones.

  • Secrets of a Super Memory: An Evening of Revelation
    Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 7:30 pm

    Eran Katz, renowned memory trainer and bestselling author of Where Did Noah Park the Ark? Ancient Memory Techniques to Remembering Practically Everything, reveals fascinating ancient memory techniques for remembering practically anything.




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