Tucson Weekly: Lectures (January 24

LECTURES
Events This Week
ARCHITECTURE OF EL FUERTE. San Pedro Chapel. 5230 East Fort Lowell Road. 318-0219. Discover the past and present of the Old Fort Lowell neighborhood with a slide/lecture by architect and historian R. Brooks Jeffery on Sunday, January 27 from 3 to 4 p.m. Free.
DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM. St. Philip's in the Hills Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Senzil Nawid, a specialist in Islamic and Afghani history, discusses democracy and Islam on Sunday, January 27 at 10:15 a.m. The discussion is free and open to the public.
EXTREMIST THEOLOGIES OF ANTI-JUDAISM. Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Reed College Professor of Judaic Studies Steven Wasserstrom talks about the perpetuation of anti-Semitism using the Internet as the tool on Monday, January 28 at 7:30 p.m.
HALLONOT: WINDOWS ON THE JEWISH WORLD. Catalina Foothills High School auditorium. 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. A variety of 50-minute lectures follow Havdalah on Friday, January 26 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Lecture subjects include the Holocaust, conversos, Italian Jews, assimilation, Jewish-Christian dialogue and more. A dessert reception follows the program. Cost is $10 per person. For details, call the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona at 577-9393.
RABBINIC KALLAH. Temple Emanu-El. A weekly series of lectures on books from the writings of the Bible, known as Ketuvim, is taught by different Tucson rabbis and begins Wednesday, January 30 and continues through March 13. Cost for the entire session is $36. Call for details or to register at the Jewish Federation at 577-9393, ext. 121.
Announcements
FAMILY, HISTORY, LAND. Learn about researching U.S. and British census, church and vital records to search for family and land history every Friday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m. through February at the Friends of Family History Land, 6121 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 143. Classes are free to members and $10 for nonmembers. For registration and information, call 790-5444.