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On October 13 of this year Rose Mantelmacher will turn 100 years old. That she has lived that long is notable, but even more significant is what happened 76 years ago when Rose was liberated from Bergen Belson by British troops. Sick with Typhus, she was unable to eat although suffering from malnutrition and desperately hungry. That probably saved her life because the troops did not know the proper medical protocols to feed
Having just participated in an illuminating and personally valuable Green Dot session with Peter Elias, learning the fundamentals about effective bystander intervention, it is time to turn to our next Casual Conversation. Our conversationalist is Robert B. Santulli, M.D. Dr. Santulli is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Geisel School of Medicine and Senior Lecturer in the Dartmouth Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Dr. Santulli was brought to our attention by classmate Peter Schaeffer, who heard Dr.
Join us for a Casual Conversation on Sunday October 3 at 3 pm Eastern with Paul Tuhus and Andy McLane: The Restoration, Renovation, and Re-Birth of the DOC House, From Conception to Reality
On October 18 at 5 pm Eastern time, a new year kicks off for the Jewish Culture Group with a distinguished guest, Harry K. Danziger, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Israel of Memphis TN. The topic is the ever-relevant issue of assimilation versus identity, for Jews as well as all other immigrants to America. Here is a short biographical note on the Rabbi:
On Monday, November 1 at 4:00 pm Eastern (US) time, Hunter College Professor of Jewish and Hebrew Studies Leah Garrett will be our guest for a Casual Conversation sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group. As always everyone is invited, and we suspect that many of you will want to hear about the incredible and inspiring stories she wrote about in her new book, X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II. The stories of
On Tuesday, February 15 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dick Glovsky and John Isaacson will present “Ideas to make retirement most rewarding.” Dick will call upon his extensive experience in the non-profit and pro bono world while John (Class of ‘68, a Rhodes Scholar and Chair of Isaacson Miller) will lend his years of experience as a non-profit placement expert to the discussion of avenues to make retirement rewarding and significant after our professional careers have concluded.
On Sunday, February 27 at 3 pm Eastern Standard Time, our classmates Bruce Alpert and Peter Elias will host on Zoom a casual conversation on approaches to staying healthy. Their description is below. This discussion overlaps in significant ways with the casual conversation with Dick Glovsky and John Isaacson on how to be active and engaged in retirement. One way, of course, to stay engaged and healthier thereby is stay in t
Our classmate Mark Bankoff will be our guest for a Casual Conversation on Zoom on February 6, a Sunday, at 3 pm Eastern Standard Time. Mark’s description of the session is below, and we invite you to join us to see the world through Mark’s eyes and to revel in its beauties.
On Sunday, January 30, 2022, at 3 pm Eastern Standard Time, Paul Gambaccini will join us on Zoom for a casual conversation. He will be speaking from London, England, where he has lived and worked for decades. As with all our casual conversations with Dartmouth colleagues, this will not be an exercise in nostalgia about our College years. Rather, Paul has spent a lifetime forging a unique path in the entert