The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a lecture titled “Making Sense of Trauma: Israel’s Black Sabbath and Its Aftermath” Thursday, July 11 at 1 p.m. in the Landmark Centre Building (25700 Science Park Dr., Beachwood).
Alanna Cooper, the Abba Hillel Silver Chair of Jewish Studies and assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies, will present this lecture. Cooper previously served as director of Jewish Lifelong Learning at the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program.
In this lecture, Cooper will analyze the cultural work born out of the trauma experienced by Israel’s citizens on Oct. 7, 2023. Research explores the existential patterns Israelis seek to make sense of their wounds, as well as the ways in which they assemble a set of hopes and fears for how they might be healed.