27th Annual Brown-Lyons Lecture
Jerusalem: A Tale of Three Cities
Presented by Dr. Jack D. SpiroWhat 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. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please call (804) 827-1165 or (804) 828-0593 prior to March 27, 2012. A reception will be held immediately following the lecture.
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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27th Annual Brown-Lyons Lecture
» RSVP for this eventMar. 29 at 7:30pmW.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.