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E&R and the Center for Lifetime Learning (CLL) present the 2012 version of the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions series. This year’s discussion topics include: (1) Middle East realignment, (2) Promoting Democracy, (3) Mexico, (4) Cyber-security, (5) Exit from Iraq & Afghanistan, (6) State of the Oceans, (7) Indonesia and (8) Energy Geopolitics. A text prepared by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA) is included in the price of the course and will be the basis for course discussions. Each topic is discussed in depth using FPA materials and additional experiences and materials brought to the seminars by the participants. The FPA has also prepared a DVD featuring foreign policy experts from academia and the public sector, which introduces each session. The class leader is David Frager, a resident who is a docent at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and taught for three years at the National Defense University during a career at the Department of Defense. He led the highly regarded 2010 and 2011 discussions of Great Decisions and is the instructor for the Building America: Personalities and Perspectives series on American History for the Center for Lifetime Learning. For more information about this class, see the CLL Web site at www.cllmd.com. Class meets Tuesdays, March 6-April 24, 3:30 PM. Fee: $23, includes book; or $30 per couple using 1 book (registrants will be notified when to pick up book). Register: Clubhouse I.

All exercises, seated or standing, are led by instructor Jean Dembo. Class meets Tuesdays, Feb. 21-May 1 and/or Wednesdays, Feb. 22-May 2 at 11 am. Fee: $12, 1 day per week; $24, 2 days per week. Register Clubhouse II.

Rabbi Gary S. Fink, D.Min., returns to continue this popular course. Participants will explore stories of conflict and passion in the Hebrew Bible and in Jewish tradition. Through the study of sacred tests, participants will look at how their ancestors dealt with jealousy, animosity, sex, repentance and reconciliation and will include modern perspectives in our discussions as well. Rabbi Fink will expand the exploration of discord and infatuation to include stories from the Talmud and the Mishna. Class meets Wednesdays, Feb. 22-March 14, 10 -11 am. Fee: $24. Register: Clubhouse I.

Prose and poetry are different in construction. Prose uses the medium of language, while poetry serves language and explores it. Certain readers know that in poetry sense is to be found in the sound as well as in the meaning of the words. The 20th century is reflected, if not recorded, in the poetry of the 20th century. A poem is a composition written for performance by the human voice. What your eyes see on the page is the composer’s verbal score, waiting for your voice to bring it alive as you read it aloud or hear it in your mind’s ear. Led by Ron Davis, class meets Fridays, March 9-March 30, 10:30 am. Fee: $10. Register: Clubhouse I.