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27th Annual Brown-Lyons Lecture

Jerusalem: A Tale of Three Cities

Presented by Dr. Jack D. Spiro

What are the city's diverse meanings in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam through memories, practices, literary sources, values and beliefs—the conflicting visions of the city as “sacred space”—in addition to the controversial issue of Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel?

The lecture is free and open to the public, but because seating is limited, registration is required. If special accomodations are needed or to register offline, please call (804) 827-1165 or (804) 828-0593 prior to March 27. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. A reception will be held immediately following the lecture. Doors open at 7 p.m.

The 27th Annual Brown-Lyons Lecture is sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library, the VCU Center for Judaic Studies, the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, the Richmond Jewish Foundation and the Weinstein JCC.

Dr. Jack D. Spiro holds the Harry Lyons Distinguished Chair in Judaic Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also director of the VCU Center for Judaic Studies and editor of its online publication, Menorah Review. He has earned two doctorates from the Hebrew Union College and the University of Virginia. He has authored, co-authored or edited over 30 books and written numerous articles.

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