This week’s show featured a lecture titled “The Jewish-Christian Debate: The Interplay of Philosophy and Polemics in the Middle Ages” that was presented by the Luce Program in Scripture and Literary Arts at Boston University.
The lecture speaker was Professor Daniel Lasker of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, who was introduced by Boston University Department of [...]

This week’s show featured a lecture titled “Bringing Democracy Alive” by Boston University Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Howard Zinn. This was the first of a new annual lecture series in which Zinn will speak on a variety of contemporary issues and historical matters.
In this lecture, Zinn calls for the impeachment of President George W. [...]

This show featured excerpts from Boston University’s 22nd Great Debate. The debate’s question was “Should the United States ‘Stay the Course’ For Victory in Iraq?” and was moderated by the chairman of Boston University’s journalism department Robert Zelnick.
Arguing in the affirmative were Adib Farha, senior policy adviser to the American Lebanese Coalition and Vice President [...]

This week’s show broadcast the last of three installments from the 31st annual lecture series “The Fascination with Jewish Tales” delivered by teacher, author and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel.
Wiesel’s series this year focuses on Jewish history, beliefs, and religious fanaticism. The final lecture of the series is entitled “A Woman in Hasidism: The Maiden [...]