Sunday, April 13, 2008

A day of biblical learning with a rich array of workshops by leading scholars.

Keynote address by Professor Ziony Zevit

Were We Slaves in Egypt? Was there an Exodus? A conquest of Canaan?
Biblical Archaeology and Common Sense

Workshop session 1:

• Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart: The Moral Dilemma with Ken Cohen
• The Bible in Islam with Maha ElGenaidi
• How the Rabbis Read and Misread the Bible with Prof. Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert
• How Did they Write the Bible? The Origins of the Hebrew Alphabet with Dr. Jehon Grist
• Jerusalem: From Biblical Times to Today with Rabbi Daniel Kohn
• Independence: Narratives of the Nation, a State and Ourselves from the Bible to Modern-day Israel with Igael Gurin Malous

Workshop session 2:

• Heart on a Leash: The Biblical Story of Balaam and his Ass; A Cautionary Tale about the Importance of Mindful Living with Rabbi Alan Lew
• Listen to Her Voice: Women in the Bible with Miki Raver
• What the Bible Left Out: Miriam in Modern Poetry with Yiskah Rosenfeld
• Basic Human Rights in Biblical and Jewish Law with Nitzhia Shaked
• Thrive or Survive: Search for Meaning through Biblical Wisdom Literature
  with Rabbi Henry Shreibman
• The 12 Spies: Learning to Balance Vision with Reality with Rabbi Noam Silverman
• The Power of Regret: Abraham’s Secret Trial with Rabbi Dan Steinberg

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Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 1:00-5:00 pm

Kehillah Jewish High School
3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto - map

$15-25
Register with Lehrhaus Judaica at: www.lehrhaus.org/B3/register.html
(510) 845-6420