Now more than ever the history of the Holocaust and other acts of genocide cannot be ignored. Through her published memoir Your Name Is Renee by Oxford University Press, Ruth Hartz will present her experiences as a hidden child in Nazi-Occupied France. While she will talk about the horrors of the Holocaust and their perpetrators, the instructor will also talk about the goodness of the Righteous Gentiles, ordinary people who were transformed into rescuers.

The instructor will share with you why he especially enjoys reading, thinking, and talking about three poets: Elizabeth Barrett Browning because of the poetry that she wrote and the love story that she lived; Alfred Lord Tennyson because his poetry so beautifully reflects our search for faith; and Robert Frost because his poetry so successfully captures thoughts and attitudes of his native New England.