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November’s Speaker: Jeff Taylor

Date: November 5th, 2008 Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm Jeff Taylor is a founder of the online jobs site Monster.com and currently the CEO of Eons, Inc., a website for people over age 50. Recently he founded Tributes.com (a spin off from Eons.com). Taylor is a frequent speaker at colleges and universities, and co-authored the book, Monster Careers.…

The Encyclopedia of American Jewish History Discussion

Professors Stephen H. Norwood and Eunice G. Pollack, editors of The Encyclopedia of American Jewish History will be at the Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston, MA 02114 on Sunday June 15, 2008 from 2 – 5 PM to discuss their new publication. The encyclopedia contains essays and short entries written by leading scholars of American Jewish…

Vilna Shul Speakers’ Series: Ed Zander

Tuesday, May 27, 2008: Ed Zander will step down as the Chairman of the Board of Motorola at the end of May, a position he has held since 2004 and has served as the CEO at Motorola from 2004 through January 2008. Before coming to Motorola, Zander was with Silver Lake Partners from 2002-2004 after a successful 15-year stint at Sun Microsystems…

Vilna Shul Speakers’ Series: EnerTech Panel

Tuesday, May 20, 2008: This panel discussion will be moderated by Bill Aulet, Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Entrepreneur in Residence, and include three leading Venture Capitalists and three leading Entrepreneurs.

The Vilna Shul Speakers Series

“The Vilna Shul Speakers Series” features leading voices from Boston and beyond, including voices from journalism, technology, law, finance, biotechnology and life sciences, arts and culture, and other fields. Speakers have included Scott Kirsner, Columnist for the Boston Globe; Ken Novak, vice chairman of America Online (AOL) / Time Warner,…

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Vilna Shul Speakers’ Series: Panel Discussion

January 8th, 2008: A panel discussion moderated by Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy Columnist from the Boston Globe, entitled ““The Venture Capital Industry: Looking Back on 2007 and Looking Forward to 2008”” with Larry Bohn, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners, Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners and…

“Going Back to Shul”, The Boston Globe

From Boston Neighborhoods: Beacon Hill When you come in here, you immediately feel like you're a part of Jewish History. I think it's a way to connect to Judaism that's very tangible." Aaron Mandell, a founding member of Havurah on the Hill Full Article