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2007 - 54th Season

 

ABOUT THE SINAI FORUM

For the past 55 years the Sinai Sunday Evening Forum has been bringing speakers of note to the Northwest Indiana area. The Forum is a community based, community run not-for-profit corporation that has provided our 1000 yearly subscribers with the opportunity to hear from Nobel Peace Prize recipients, Pulitzer Prize winners, former Heads of State, Scientists, Media Celebrities; the true movers and shakers and great minds of the past half century. Everyone from Eleanor Roosevelt to Oprah Winfrey; F. Lee Bailey to Pearl Bailey has graced the Forum Stage. Our audience is diverse religiously and politically and is highly intelligent. All students are admitted free and the total cost to our subscribers is only $60.00 for five programs. A glance at our THEY WERE HERE list will confirm Mario Cuomo’s comment:

“This organization is nothing short of remarkable.”

The audience is encouraged to participate in the question & answer period following the presentation. The questions are always solid and interesting.

We have yet to host a speaker who has not been extremely pleased with our brand of HOOSIER HOSPITALITY.


"THEY WERE HERE"

Sunday Evening Forum Speakers 1954 to Present

1st Year: 1954-55
Marquis Childs
Richard Applegate
Harrison Salisbury
Margaret Bourke-White

2nd Year: 1955-56
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ruth Chatterton
Edward Weeks
Ralph Bunche
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp

3rd Year: 1956-57
Paul Hoffman
Leland Stowe
Ilka Chase
Dr. Charles W. Mayo
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins

4th Year: 1957-58
Carlos Romulo
Rabbi Karl Richter
Ogden Nash
Arthur C. Clarke
Music Critic Deems Taylor

5th Year: 1958-59
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
Ann Landers
Drama Theater
Dr. K.C. Wu
Martin Caidin

6th Year: 1959-60
Mme. V.L. Pandit of India
Purdue Science Symposium
Vance Packard
Inspector Walter Thompson
Author Robert St. John

7th Year: 1969-61
Rabbi Karl Richter
Justice William O. Douglas
Dramatist Muriel Wolfson
Captain James Calvert
Edward Tomlinson

8th Year: 1961-62
Musa Amalemba
Dr. Leonard ReiffeI
John Mason Brown
"Dear Liar" - a drama
Stewart Alsop

9th Year: 1962-63
Senator Paul H. Douglas
John Roy Carlson Indiana U President
Edith Sampson
Ralph Lapp
Alan Mowbray

10th Year: 1963-64
Charles P. Taft
Martin S. Ochs
Bramwell Fletcher
James Burkhart vs. Fulton Lewis, Jr.
Dr. Robert J. Havighurst

11th Year: 1964-65
Andre Phillipe
Howard K. Smith
Professor James W. Silver
Muriel Wolfson
Watson S. Sims

12th Year: 1965-66
Walter Cronkite
Norman Ross
Don Bruckner
Daniel Q. Posin
Hal Bruno

13th Year: 1966-67
Eric Sevareid
Sidney Harris
Dr. Han Suyin
Norman Thomas
Philip M. Hauser

14th Year: 1967-68
David Schoenbrun
Bill Mauldin
Dr. Maria W. Piers
Beverly Younger
Frank Reynolds

15th Year: 1968-69
R. Barry Farrel
David Brinkley
John Clark Kimball
Dramatist Lilly Lodge
Kenneth Crawford

16th Year: 1969-70
Ralph Nader
Joseph Sutton
Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Max Lerner
Rabbi Karl Richter

17th Year: 1970-71
Itzhak Rabin
Harry Petrakis
Jackie Robinson
Mayor Richard Lugar
Edwin Newman

18th Year: 1971-72
Congressman Wilbur D. Mills
Bill Veeck
Betty Furness
Dr. Frank Keegan
Harrison Salisbury

19th Year: 1972-73
Otis Bowen vs Gov. Matt Welch
Charles Bartlett
Marshall Dodge
Susan B. Anthony
Max Lerner vs. Reid Buckley

20th Year: 1973-74
Daniel Schorr
Jose Greco & Nana Lorca
Buckminster Fuller
George Gallop
Senator Eugene McCarthy

21st Year: 1974-75
Senator William Proxmire
Marvin Kalb
Editor Jim Hodge
Studs Terkel
Lesley Stahl

22nd Year: 1975-76
Bicentennial Celebration
Henry Steele Commager
Philip M. Hauser
Senator Edmund Muskie
John Brademas
Ed Sadlowski & John Sill
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
Max Lerner
"The Forum Years" by Bob Kaser
(a multimedia production)

23rd Year: 1976-77
Paul Duke
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Liz Carpenter
Les Whitten
Senator Dick Clark

24th Year: 1977-78
U.N. Ambassador Joseph Sisco
Patrick Buchanan
Doris Kearns
Dr. J. Allen Hynek (UFO's)
Haywood Hale Broun

25th Year: 1978-79
Orson Bean
CIA Director William Colby
Bill Kurtis of CBS
Michael Selzer
Bernard Kalb

26th Year: 1979-82
William F. Buckley Jr.
Dramatist Muriel Bach
Rabbi Maurice Davis
Budget Director Alice Rivlin
Ambassador William H. Sullivan

 

27th Year: 1980-81
Ike Pappas
Author John Powers
George Bankoff
Richard Geller
Ambassador Malcolm Toon

28th Year: 1981-82
Pearl Bailey
Katherine Zartman & Richard Gardener
(Handgun Debate)
Ahmed Abushadi & Gideons Amet
(Middle East Debate)
Rabbi Karl Richter
James Watt

29th Year: 1982-83
Mark Russell
Linda Yu
Susan & Richard Rosenberg
Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
Patricia Munsel

30th Year: 1983-84
Beverly Sills
Marvin Zonis
Samuel A. Rhine
Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty
Senator Richard A. Lugar
Nora Ephron

31st Year: 1984-85
Morton Kondracke vs. Robert Novak
(a debate)
Aaron Freeman
Elie Wiesel
Michele Perrault
Senator Dan Quayle

32nd Year: 1985-86
Maureen Reagan
Bishop Norbert Gaughan
Dr. Arthur Kohrman
Harrison Salisbury
Mark Russel

33rd Year: 1986-87
Oprah Winfrey
Jody Powell
Milton Rosenberg
Douglas Fraser
Mary Travers

34th Year: 1987-88
Mayor William Hudnut III
James Humes as Winston Churchill
Marvin Zonis
Ellen Hume
Mike Ditka

35th Year: 1988-89
A Retrospective
Mark Russel
Rabbi Carl Richter
Liz Carpenter
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
Max Lerner
Bernard Kalb
"The Forum Years" by E. Eli
(a documentary)

36th Year: 1989-90
Ed Asner
Vladimir Sakharov
David Friedman
Chaim Potok
Clarence Page

37th Year: 1990-91
Jack Anderson
Wolf Blitzer
NEA President Keith Geiger
NFL Referee David Parry
Nina Totenberg

38th Year: 1991-92
The Singing Hoosiers of I U
Rev. Andrew M. Greely
Jeffrey R. Lyon
Michael McQueen
Governor Dixie Lee Ray

39th Year: 1992-93
Second City
Ed Rollins
Jonathan Rauch
Sarah Weddington
Benjamin Wattenberg Ambassador William H. Sullivan

40th Year: 1993-94
William Raspberry, Jr.
Rabbi Karl Richter
Dr. Mae Jemison
Professor Irwin Weil
Detective J. J. Bittenbinder
Bob Simon

41st Year: 1994-95
Helen Thomas
Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty
Dr. Paul M. Ellwood, Jr.
Dr. John Brademas
Gerry Spence

42nd Year: 1995-96
F. Lee Bailey
The Capitol Steps
Dr. Clifford Stoll
Rocky Bleier
Judge Abner Mikva

43rd Year: 1996-97
Hedrick Smith
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Natalie Douglas
Dr. Daniel Pipes
Dr. Benjamin Carson, Jr

44th Year: 1997-98
Mario Cuomo
Elizabeth Martinez
The Singing Hoosiers of I U
Jonathan Rauch
Nien Cheng

45th Year: 1998-99
George Stephanopolous
Camelia Anwar Sadat
Dr. Thomas H. Murray
Shelby Foote
Rabbi Emeritus Karl Richter
David Halberstam

46th Year: 1999-2000
James Carville & Mary Matalin"
A Piece of Eden"
(world movie premiere)
Dr. John Stone
Giandomenico Picco
Louanne Johnson

47th Year: 2000-2001
Elie Wiesel
Geoffrey Ewing
Professor Robert Schmuhl
Professor Fred H. Cate
Dr. Leon Kass

48th Year: 2001-2002
Chris Matthews
Professor Harold Troper
Simon & Son
Dr. Martin Jiscke
Dr. Ruth Westheimer

49th Year: 2002-2003
Jeff Greenfield
Sylvia Nasar
Dr. Ronan Tynan
Homer DrewPhil Ponce

50th Year: 2003-2004
Dr. Ronan Tynan
Chris Matthews
Robin Roberts
Dr. Brian Greene
William DwyerKerry-Kennedy Cuomo

51st Year: 2004-2005
Danny Glover
Torie Clarke
Dr. Steve Allen Jr.
Richard & Fumico Halloran
Martin Chalifour

52nd Year: 2005-2006
Soledad O'Brien
Rev. Richard McBrien
Rick StevesIshad Manji
Dr. Oliver Sacks

53rd Year: 2006-2007
Bob Woodward
Carol Marin
Prof. Henry Pollack
Joel Siegal
Vince Papali

 

 

 

 

Tickets can be purchased in person from the Michigan City Public Library in Michigan City and from Kabelin Hardware, 512 Andrew Avenue in LaPorte and at PNC Porter County (Graduate Center) 600 Vale Park Road, Valparaiso or by calling 219-785-5697. Tickets are available for high school students at no cost from Purdue University North Central and LaPorte County high schools. Your gift over and above the cost of a regular ticket helps us maintain excellence in programming.

Even if you cannot attend, please consider supporting this valuable community resource.

 
 

 

NOTE: All programs will be held at the Elston Middle School, 317 Detroit Street, Michigan City.

 

All programs will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m.