Adult Ed Mini Series

Wednesdays, December 4 and 11 at 7:00 PM
In person at Brith Shalom and on YouTube

December 4 Antisemitism on Social Media
Dena Marks, Sr. Associate Director for our Southwest ADL region will be presenting information about antisemitism on social media for Brith Shalom. ADL presentations include information on how to respond while staying safe.

Dena Marks is the Senior Associate Director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Southwest Regional Office. Marks coordinates publicity and serves as a liaison with law enforcement, facilitates a variety of training sessions, coordinates regional fact-finding and handles discrimination complaints.

Marks also staffs ADL’s International Affairs Committee and Committee on Law Enforcement, Extremism and Antisemitism. An experienced trainer, Marks has been with ADL for 25 years, earning a well-known reputation for her excellent service to the community.

Before joining ADL in April of 1999, she spent 21 years in television news. She also has worked as a group exercise instructor, personal trainer, freelance writer, waitress, janitor, and for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She is a native Houstonian.

December 11 The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science- A Scientist’s Warning
Dr. Peter Hotez will speak about his experiences as a Jew while developing a COVID 19 vaccination and his newest Book “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science- A Scientist’s Warning”

Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics.  He is also University Professor at Baylor University, Fellow in Disease and Poverty at the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy,  Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A&M University, Faculty Fellow with the Hagler Institute for Advanced Studies at Texas A&M University, and Health Policy Scholar in the Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. He also holds honorary DSc doctoral degrees from the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine (Northwell Health), Roanoke College, honorary doctoral degrees in both science and humanities by The National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), and City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.

Dr. Hotez is an internationally-recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development.  As co-director of the Texas Children’s CVD, he leads a team and product development partnership for developing new vaccines for hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis,  Chagas disease, and SARS/MERS/SARS-2 coronavirus, diseases affecting hundreds of millions of children and adults worldwide, while championing access to vaccines globally and in the United States. 

You can find Dr. Hotez's bio and more information at www.peterhotez.org