Philosophers' Cafés
Philosophers' Café: Where Ideas Percolate | Everyone welcome
The Jewish Museum & Archives of BC's Philosophers’ Café program is a series of high-level, public conversations which promote open, meaningful dialogue. Once a month, expert moderators spark new discussions with pre-determined topics designed to insight debate and cause ideas to percolate.
$5.00 suggested donation/person at the door | Light refreshments and coffee are served
6184 Ash Street | The Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
Presented in collaboration with Simon Fraser University's Department of Continuing Studies.
Upcoming Cafés:
Topic: Fact of Fantasy: Is Teen Bullying Really So Bad?
Guest moderator: Rabbi Avraham Feigelstock, Dr. Brenda Morrison
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Is there a blue print for the Universe?
Guest moderator: Daniel Freidmann, CEO of Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Reconciliation as a way of Being
Guest moderator: Reconciliation Canada
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: TBA
Guest moderator: MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: TBA
Guest moderator: Rabbi Dr. Robert Daum (TENTATIVE)
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: The Ethics of Genealogy
Guest moderator: Cissie Eppel and Catherine Youngren
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Past Cafés:
Topic: A Hand UP! Not: A Hand Out
Guest moderator: Amanda Pollicino, Vancouver Rent Bank
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Why have we forgotten Israel's Ellis Island?
Guest moderator: Dr. Rhona Seidelman
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -- RE-SCHEDULED: THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 | 7:00 PM
Topic: Why do we worry about heritage?
Guest moderator: John Atkin
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Kabalistic Customs of Tu B'Shvat
Guest moderator: Rabbi Shmulik Yeshayahu
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Money and Happiness
Guest moderator: Dr. Lara Aknin
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Who is a Jew?
Guest moderator: Jeff Lieberman
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Cashing In: Is Jewish Charity Altruistic?
Guest moderator: Dr. Gregg Gardner
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Parenting, Power, and Control: A Philosophy of Parenting
Guest moderator: Christopher Burt
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: A Philosophy of Mental Illness in Vancouver's Jewish Community
Guest moderator: Rebecca Denham
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:oo pm
Topic: The Nature of Evil
Guest moderator: Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Dirty Laundry: The Role of a Jewish Community Newspaper
Guest moderator: Cynthia Ramsay
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: What We Mean When We Talk About God: Gaining Clarity in Our Own Jewish Theologies
Guest moderator: Rabbi David Mivasair
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Why the Youth: How Concentrating on Gen Y Benefits the Spread of Education
Guest moderator: Yael Cohen, Founder of FCancer
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: A Romance Novelist, Rabbi, and Millennial Walk into a Café: Three Takes on "Jewish Love"
Guest moderators: Dr. Pamela Peled, Rabbi Shmulik, and Rayka Kumru
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Co-hosted by: Vancouver Hillel Foundation
Topic: Bearing Witness to Witness Testimony: A Skeptic's Approach
Guest moderator: Ethan Clow, Vancouver Centre for Inquiry
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Occupy Judaism: Jewish Teachings on Economic Equality
Guest moderator: Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Are comics the most Jewish medium?
Guest moderator: Miriam Libicki
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in the 'new South Africa'
Cecil Hershler in Conversation with Milton Shain
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: What is Jewish humour?
Guest moderator: Jeffrey Groberman, writer and producer DR. BUNDOLO'S PANDEMONIUM MEDICINE SHOW
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Lost in Translation? What are we missing when we read the Bible in English?
Guest moderator: Dr. Robert Daum, Vancouver School of Theology
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Jewish life around the world
Guest moderator: Michael Geller, SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development
Wednesdya, February 16, 2011 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Who owns cultural objects? The ethics and politics of collecting historical artifacts
Guest moderator: Dr. Chris Friedrichs, UBC Department of History
January 19, 2011 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Art as expression: personal, collective or universal?
Guest moderator: Dr. Efrat El-Hanany, Dept. of Art History, Capilano University
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Why are texts so important in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Guest moderator: Dr. Robert Daum, Vancouver School of Theology
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Storytelling -from generation to generation, are we really bridging the gap?
Guest moderator: Naomi Steinberg, Chair of Vancouver Society of Storytelling
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: What can I do? Personal choices and environmental responsibilities
Guest moderator: Dr. Mark Winston, SFU Dept. of Biological Sciences
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Collecting paper in a paperless society
Guest moderator: Jennifer Yuhasz, MAS Archivist Jewish Museum & Archives of BC
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Tattoos - Body modification or mutilation?
Guest moderator: Vince Hemingson, www.vanishingtattoo.com
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topic: Are arts and culture relevant in an economic recession?
Guest moderator: Dr. Yosef Wosk
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
