Philip I. Eliasoph Open VISIONS Forum | Bennett Center for Judaic Studies Lecture
David Brooks
“How To Know a Person”
Sunday | 3 p.m.
March 29, 2026
$35 | $5 Fairfield University student
$25 Quick Member
David Brooks
“How To Know a Person”
Sunday | 3 p.m.
$35 | $5 Fairfield University student
$25 Quick Member
David Brooks will deliver the 2026 Bennett Center for Judaic Studies Lecture as the closing keynote address of a month-long symposium on Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, written in 1946, after the psychiatrist survived four concentration camps. Frankl saw the quest for life’s meaning as the central motivational force for humankind.
Brooks has been grappling with these issues his whole career. David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers, authors, and commentators. Brooks is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, a writer for The Atlantic, and appears regularly on PBS Newshour.
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Wednesday | 6 p.m.
February 11, 2026
Elaine Pagels, PhD
"In God We Trust:
Faith in America 1776-2026"
Tuesday | 7:30 p.m.
February 17, 2026