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Writings about Dr. Robert Siegel, DDS
-1986-
February 6,
1986 –“Dr. Robert Siegel Honored: SDSU Lipinsky Institute
Establishes Lectureship,” Israel Today, San Diego edition, p 10:
The Annual Robert Siegel Memorial Lectureship on Contemporary Jewish and
Israeli Affairs has been established at San Diego State University as a tribute
to Dr. Robert Siegel. It is part of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic
Studies. Opening the annual
Lectureship will be Dr. Jacob Goldberg of the Dayan (Shiloah) Center for Middle
Eastern and African Studies in Tel aviv University.
He will discuss “The Peace Process: Changing Israeli Perceptions,”
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, feb. 9, in the West Commons, SDSU. There will
be a reception immediately following the lecture. There will be no charge to
attend. Lieutenant Governor Leo McCarthy will emcee.
Dr. Siegel’s contributions to the community included many years of
leadership on the boards of the Jewish Community Center, Hebrew Home for the
Aged, San Diego Dental Society and the Political Actin Committee for the Dental
Society…. For more information, please contact Bob Filner, SDSU’s Department
of History, 265-5262. To make reservations or to obtain directions and parking
information, call 265-6817.
-1987-
November 2, 1987 -- "Lipinsky
Institute Presents Dr. Shaul Bakhash, Iran Expert," San Diego Jewish
Times, p. 12: Dr. Shaul Bakhash, internationally known specialist on
the role of Iran in the Middle East, will speak at the Lipinsky Institute for
Judaic STudies second Annu8al Robert Siegel Memorial Lecture from 2 to 4 p.m
on Sunday, Nov. 8, in West Commons at San Diego State University.
Bakhash's topic will be "Iran's Road to Jerusalem; Israel's Road to
Tehran"...
-1988-
November 10, 1988 —"Bernard
Reich to Speak at San Diego State," San Diego Jewish Times, p.35--One
of America's most distinguished experts in Middle eastern affairs, Prof. Bernard
Reich, chair of the political science department of George Washington University
in Washington D.C. and consultant on Middle Eastern affairs to U.S. government
agencies and multinational corporations, will deliver the third annual Robert
Siegel Memorial Lecture from 2 to 4 p.. on Sunday, Oct. 30, in West Commons at
San Diego STate University. A question-and-answer session and reception
will follow. The program is provided free to the community by SDSU's Lipinsky
Institute for Judaic Studies. In his presentation, "After the
Elections--What Now for the Peace Process," Dr. Reich will...address the
following four questions: What will be the impact of the U.S.initiative? What
will be the impact of the uprising? What will be the impact of Jordan's
decision to abandon its administration of the West Bank? How will the PLO
react?...
-1989-
November 23, 1989 -- "Cornell
Professor to Deliver Robert Siegel Memorial Lecture," San Diego Jewish
Times, p. 27: Steven Katz, a professor of Near Eastern Studies at
Cornell University, will deliver the fourth annual Robert Siegel Memorial
Lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in the Don Powell Theatre. Dr. Katz will
discuss "American Judaism: Past, Present and Future.""This
lecture will attempt to do three things: to decipher the main features of the
American Jewish past; to understand the shape and structure of the American
Jewish community today; and to offer some predictions about Ameican Jewry's
future," said Katz..
-2005-
2005-Visit to gravesite
at Home of Peace Cemetery on Imperial Avenue west of Interstate 805 in San Diego
Fall 2005—"21st Annual Robert Siegel Memorial Lecture: Operation
Solomon: The Daring Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews (November 13, 2005 at Lawrence
Family Jewish Community Center), The Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies
Newsletter, page 2: Stephen Spector received his Ph.D from Yale and is
Professor of English at SUNY, Stony Brook. His publications include the N-Town
Play...and articles on the Jew in Chaucer and the drama. His book, Operation
Solomon: The Daring Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews...is the product of eight
years of research based on previously confidential materials of organizations
and individuals who participated in the mission; on declassified documents from
the State Department and the National Security Council; and on over 200
interviews with the rescuers and the rescued in Israel, the United States and
Ethiopia...
December 25, 2005—Paula Siegel to Donald H. Harrison & Nancy E.
Harrison, email: ...Last night was the anniversary of Bob's death. It
seems like yesterday to all of us....
-2006-
2006-05-10—Donald
H. Harrison, "Baron calls it quits as director of SDSU's Lipinsky Institute
for Judaic Studies," jewishsightseeing.com