2011
January 2011
Monday 17 January 2011
Mon 17 Jan, 7 pm. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045, helgart@phillyjcc.com. 10. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [events]
Director: Petra Seeger Date 2008 Country Germany, USA R/T 95 minutes Monday, January 17, 7 pm $10 General Admission; $9: Seniors/Students/Young Friends Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel’s charm and exuberance play a major role in this fascinating documentary about one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century. Born in Vienna to a lower-class Jewish family, the Kandels fled to the United States to escape Nazi persecution. Since then, Eric (who is a regular guest on the Charlie Rose Show) has devoted his life to understand the brain’s process of obtaining and sustaining memory. Kandel creates a timeline of remembrance of things past in his groundbreaking exploration of what literally makes us tick. Introduction by Dr. Aaron T. Beck, President E