Drawing on themes explored in their widely popular Dartmouth College course on Jews in Modern Europe, Professor of Religion Susannah Heschel and Professor of English Patricia McKee offer a primer on Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and its relevance today. The talk relates to performances June 26-28 of a new, site-specific production of "The Merchant of Venice' staged in Dartmouth's BEMA Outdoor Amphitheater by the New York- and Italy-based Compagnia de' Colombari.