Online Chapter
The Online Chapter of BNC is an extension of the community created by active chapters and members from all over the world. Online study groups are open to BNC members only. Online events are open to BNC members and their guests.
America and Its Jews at 250
September 4 - December 8, 2025
6 pm Eastern | On Zoom
This special lecture series and study group, led by Brandeis faculty and guest lecturers, explores how Jews have understood America as a refuge, republic, covenant, marketplace, battleground, and moral project—and how Jews have shaped American law, religion, education, politics, gender norms, and global Jewish life.
At the same time as Brandeis undergraduates are taking this course in the classroom, BNC members are invited to participate in their own study group online.
Speakers include Brandeis faculty from across the university including University Professor Jonathan D. Sarna. The BNC online discussion group will be facilitated by Dr. Dalia Wassner, director of Jews of the Americas, an initiative of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University.
Registration will open in August.
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LAW STUDY GROUP
Meets on the third Tuesday of every month through June 2026
4-5:30 pm ET / 1-2:30 pm PT
This study group is for attorneys and retired (or semi-retired) judges. Come together with fellow lawyers for exhilarating conversation that will help strengthen your memory into retirement.
For attorneys who miss the intense, intellectual stimulation of discussing issues of legal significance, this is a unique opportunity to participate in diverse conversation with attorneys from around the country.
The group is open to men and women. Potential topics include recent U. S. Supreme Court decisions, appellate cases, pending litigation of significance to the country, as well as non-constitutional issues, including legal-political cross-over issues. There’s no end to topics of contemporary and historic importance to discuss and debate. The group is led by Paul Fisher, a retired mediator/arbitrator/attorney and a member of the Conejo Valley/San Fernando Valley Chapter..
The $25 registration fee is a donation to the BNC Professorship in Engineering Science.
Questions? Please email facilitator Paul Fisher at poluxe2015@gmail.com
REGISTER FOR THE LAW STUDY GROUP
National Current Events Study Group
Meets on the second Tuesday of every month through June 2026
4-5:30 pm ET / 1-2:30 pm PT
Share your opinion and hear a diversity of opinions from BNC members around the country.
Topics are proposed and voted on by members a week before each meeting. Group protocols support stimulating discussion without interruptions. Everyone has an opportunity to contribute to the discussion. The group is led by Paul Fisher, a retired mediator/arbitrator/attorney and a member of the Conejo Valley/San Fernando Valley Chapter.
The $25 registration fee is a donation to the BNC Professorship in Engineering Science.
Questions? Please email facilitator Paul Fisher at poluxe2015@gmail.com
register for the national current events study group
Thursday, May 28, 2026
6 pm Eastern / 3 pm Pacific and Mountain
On Zoom
Join author Stephen McCauley for a conversation about his recent novel "You Only Call When You're in Trouble" and how he finds the humor in complex, demanding families.
About the speaker: Stephen McCauley is the author of eight novels, three of which have been made into feature films. The New York Times Book Review dubbed him “the secret love child of Edith Wharton and Woody Allen,” and the French Ministry of Culture named him a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. McCauley is Professor of the Practice of English and co-director of the Creative Writing Program at Brandeis University.
Your $18 registration fee is a tax-deductible contribution to the Brandeis National Committee fund.
Register here.
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