Zoom Only ($48 Members, $60 non-Members)

The Marx Brothers reigned supreme as practitioners of anarchic humor through much of the first half of the twentieth century, blending razor-sharp wit with laugh-out-loud physical gags, heavily influenced by their Jewish heritage and – at least initially – driven by the singular determination of their manager mother, Minnie. In this series, we’ll look at the career of the wacky brothers – with particular focus on their films from The Cocoanuts (1929) to Love Happy (1949) – that transformed them from immigrant sons to vaudeville performers to movie stars to indelible pop culture icons.

Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg is an author and pop culture historian. He has taught courses in media literacy and other cultural topics at UMBC, the University of Baltimore, CCBC, and the Osher Institute at Towson University. He spent fifteen years in the comic book industry, curated a pop culture museum for five years, and currently runs his own publishing company, ATB Publishing.

Registration Information:
All SPICE courses must be registered for and paid for in their entirety. SPICE fees are per head, not per household, with a 50% off fee for second registrants within the same household. A minimum of 15 enrollees per course are required in order to hold the course. If a course must be cancelled, those registered will be notified and a SPICE credit will be issued.

Reservations may be made via email to sboxerbell@gmail.com or by telephone to Sherri Bell, SPICE Chair at 410-303-2483. Payment may be made in one of three ways:

1. Check Mail it to Sherri Bell 1 Clifton Court Pikesville, MD 21208 Your check should be made payable to Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation with SPICE and the course name written on the memo line.

2. Credit card Please note that the synagogue charges a 3.1% credit card use convenience fee.

3. Bill your synagogue account Members only.