Manchester – “Religion and Politics: Meeting in the Public Square,” second of a three-part series with Prof. Mark Silk, founding director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College and chair of the CT Jewish Ledger editorial advisory board; topic: “The Religious Right, the God Gap, and the Rise of the Nones”; see also Jan. 23 & Feb. 6; 8 p.m.; Beth Sholom B’nai Israel, (860) 643-9563, programming@myshul.org. Series: $30/adult, $15/student; Per session: $12/adult, $5/student.