The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archeology <br> Announces Its Annual Lecture Series at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem

The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archeology
Announces Its Annual Lecture Series at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem

Mark your calendar because The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology announces its annual lecture series! Each of the eight lectures, conducted in Hebrew, is designed to present the results of recent archaeological research to the general public in Israel.

The lectures, accompanied by slides, take place at 5:00 PM at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem. Admission is free.

Please see the schedule below:

December 10, 2009: Thomas Levy – Excavations at Khirbet en-Nahas, Jordan

December 31, 2009: Yosef Garfinkel – Khirbet Qeiyafa: Judah from the Time of King David

January 28, 2010: David Ussishkin – Canaanite Megiddo in Light of New Findings

February 18, 2010: Dan Bahat – The Transition between the Hashmonaean Temple Mount and Herod's Temple Mount

March 25, 2010: Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah – Excavations in the Western Wall Plaza, Jerusalem

April 29, 2010: Leore Grosman – A 12,000 Year Old Cemetery in the Lower Galilee

May 27, 2010: Aren Maeir – Canaanite, Philistine and Israelite: Excavation at Philistine Gath - Tel Zafit

June 24, 2010: Yuval Gadot and Taufik Dea’dle – Lod from the Time of the Mamluk to the Ottoman Period: Results of a Community-Based Archaeological Project

The series is supported by the Fellner Foundation and its Trustee, Mr. Frederick L. Simmons of Los Angeles.

Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation’s oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and nonprofit management professionals, and offers graduate programs to scholars and clergy of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR’s scholarly resources comprise the renowned Klau Library, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. In partnership with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, HUC-JIR sustains the Reform Movement’s congregations and professional and lay leaders. HUC-JIR’s campuses invite the community to cultural and educational programs illuminating Jewish history, identity, art, and archaeology, and fostering interfaith and multiethnic understanding.