Whose Land Is It, Anyway? (In-person)

Whose Land Is It, Anyway? (In-person)

Fall (9 - 13 hours) | This course is completed

One Medical Center Drive Lebanon, NH 03766 United States
Auditorium E
10/5/2024-11/16/2024
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$90.00

Whose Land Is It, Anyway? (In-person)

Fall (9 - 13 hours) | This course is completed

With the Middle East in turmoil, we’re going to ask important questions during five consecutive Saturday mornings. We won’t settle the problems, but we’ll better understand the competing claims, appreciate the region’s history, and realize why a solution is so difficult.  

We’ll ask:  What does the Bible have to do with it, anyway? Whose land WAS it, anyway? Why can’t these people, Zionists and Palestinians, just get along, anyway? Can an “apartheid” government be democratic? What about campus protesting?

The lectures, in a comfortable auditorium, will be accompanied by colorful historical slides. You will be given a personalized booklet with an outline for each class to allow easy following. The carefully crafted presentations will be balanced between Palestinian and Jewish narratives and interpretations of historical events.

After considering Abraham to Herzl, Arafat to Netanyahu, we will be joined by an erudite, warm, and compassionate Palestinian guest speaker. Take a deep breath. We’re all going to learn a lot. Discussion is expected to be relevant, polite, and lively.

Thanks to Doyle & Loughman Wealth Management Group for their support of this course.

 

  • Schedule:
    • Session 1 - October 5
    • No class October 12
    • Session 2 - October 19
    • No class October 26
    • Session 3 - November 2
    • Session 4 - November 9
    • Session 5 - November 16

  • A reading packet will be provided to class members. Course fee includes refreshments and reading materials.

    Optional Reading:
    • Israel - A Concise History of a Nation Reborn - Daniel Gordis (ISBN-13: 978-0062368744)
    •     The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi (ISBN-13: 978-1250787651)


Bisno, David
David Bisno

David Bisno, MD, retired ophthalmologist, has earned degrees from Harvard, the Washington University School of Medicine, and Dartmouth. Following his career in medicine, he has, for the past 30 years, developed and presented a myriad of courses within institutes for lifelong learning here at Dartmouth, across this country, and overseas. He was the founder and developer of our Summer Lecture Series.

 

Last year, responding to the crisis of October 7th, 2023 in the Middle East, David presented four provocative lectures entitled "Whose Land Is It, Anyway?" This spring, with headlines screaming, our government becoming “more efficient,” the stock market dropping, good folks being fired and those with little expertise being handed the reins, David will discuss with us topics filling the headlines and our homes with concerns. What does it mean that those who have been found guilty are released, those who did the prosecuting are being dismissed, and those to whom we entrusted responsibility are staying silent out of fear of retribution? What are the implications for our country?