Mar 31, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Mark N. Ozer, author of "The
Litvak Legacy"
Location: Kehilat Shalom Congregation;
Gaithersburg, MD
Charges of Nazi collaboration, accusations regarding complicity,
defensiveness and mutual mistrust appear to be the hallmarks of
Lithuanian Jewish relations, but has it always been this way? What
are roots...
Mar 24, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Steven Lowenstein, Isadore
Levine Professor of Jewish History, American University
Location: B'nai Israel Congregation; Rockville,
MD
"Tumultuous" is an understatement in describing the historic
relationship between Jews and the rest of the German state. Jews
have been in Germany since the early fourth...
Mar 19, 2009
Speaker: Hershel Shanks, Founder & Editor
of Biblical Archaeology Review
Location: Washington DCJCC
Why are the Dead Sea Scrolls important for understanding the
origins of Christianity as a Jewish movement? What does "Son of
God" mean in Judaism? In Christianity? To what extent is Christian
doctrine anticipated in the...
Mar 17, 2009
Speaker: Hershel Shanks, Founder & Editor
of Biblical Archaeology Review
Location: Washington DCJCC
Part one discusses the ruins of Qumran near the 11 caves in the
Judean Desert where more than 900 scrolls were found, comprising
what has been called the greatest archaeological discovery of the
20th century. This...