Manchester – “Religion and Politics: Meeting in the Public Square”; 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 Obama Years and the Impending Trump Administration;” 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.