Rabbi Sherwin Wine explores the questions posed by Mary Lefkowitz in her book "Not Out of Africa." Such questions are as follows: Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library of Alexandria? Does European civilization have an African origin? Hardly a week goes by when an article appears in a newspaper or magazine making such allegations. But, so far no one has responded fully to these claims or explained why these strange ideas are being circulated, and indeed taught in American schools. What is the real story? What does the evidence indicate is the real connection between Europe and Africa?
Recorded October 17, 1996.

To learn more about the life and work of Rabbi Sherwin Wine, please visit www.SherwinWine.com.

Africa

Not Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz 10-17-96

A new stunning biographical portrait of this powerful family has recently been published. Part of the German Jewish 'artistocracy', the Ochs and the Sulzbergers lived in a world where Jewish identity was ambiguous. But it was also a world where access to the famous and the powerful was a routine experience.

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United States Culture

The New York Times - Life with the Ochs and the Sulzbergers

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Literature

Dante - On The Edge Of The Renaissance

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Ancient Religion

Egyptian Religion - From Ra To Isis

Rabbi Sherwin Wine speaks at the Center for New Thinking. Recorded 4 - 20 - 95.

Roman History

The Ottoman Empire: Turks, Muslims and Europe

Rabbi Sherwin Wine speaks at the Center for New Thinking. Recorded 3-29-01.

United States History

Blacks In Detroit - Tale of Two Cities

Rabbi Sherwin Wine speaks at the Center for New Thinking. Recorded 12 - 15 - 98.

The Roman World - Marketplace of Religion

Rabbi Sherwin Wine speaks at the Center for New Thinking. Recorded 11-7-96.

Israel

Bibi Netanyahu - Master of the Future of Israel

The most famous woman philosopher of the twentieth century presents her philosophy through novels. Atlas Shrugged is her monumental work. Born in Russia, she came to America as a refugee from the Bolsheviks. Hating communism, she developed an individualist philosophy of life, which elevated personal happiness and survival as the supreme ethical values. She was the first philosopher to make a virtue out of selfishness.

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Philosophy

Ayn Rand - the Virtue of Selfishness

Syria is the new center of war hawk attention. What is the story of this Arab nation and its government? Is an invasion imminent?

Rabbi Sherwin Wine speaks at the Center for New Thinking. Recorded 5-8-03.

Middle East

America and Syria - Another War?

Rabbi Sherwin Wine speaks at the Center for New Thinking. Recorded 11-9-2000.

United States Politics

After The Election - Implications For America

International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism

Not Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz 10-17-96

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