Presenting a Variety of Viewpoints

WSJL believes that interactions between people of diverse backgrounds, when conducted "L'Shem HaShamayim" (for the sake of heaven), are a sign of a healthy society, one which has room for intercultural respect and inter-community cooperation, especially in this age of increasing intolerance.

Scholars who are invited to speak as part of (Re)Searching the Bible will present differing scholarly and religious perspectives in the way they address the Biblical text. In this way, we hope to enhance understanding of each person's cultural and religious perspectives without either validating or discrediting competing viewpoints.

WSJL would like to invite a wide range of speakers during this two-year program. To sponsor or co-sponsor a program, please contact WSJL Executive Director Kathy Jendusa for more information.

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Presentations by Biblical Scholars

Listen to or watch the complete lectures presented in Milwaukee by these noted scholars. Audios are mp3 files and videos are QuickTime files. If your computer doesn't have QuickTime, get the free download.

James T. Kugel, professor at Bar Ilan University. (February 2010)
	Dead Sea Scrolls (at Congregation Sinai, 2/6/10) Listen to the lecture! Watch the video!. How to Read the Bible in Light of Other Ancient Texts (at the JCC, 2/7/10) Listen to the lecture! Watch the video!. Reading Exodus as Ancient Jews reads it. (at Cong. Emanu-El of Waukesha, 2/10/10) Listen to the lecture! Watch the video!.
Dena Aranoff, professor at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. (March, 2010)
	People of the Book (at the JCC, 3/20/10) Listen to the lecture! Watch the Video! Ruth and Esther - Power and Knowledge (at Chai Point, 3/21/10) Listen to the lecture! Watch the Video!

This project was conceived by the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning, and is being planned in cooperation with the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center
and the Coalition for Jewish Learning, the education program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Partial funding is from the Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz Memorial Fund, the Leslie S. Bern Memorial Fund, and the M. Michael and Sylvia Weber Scholarship Fund.