“Jerusalem From Antiquity to the Present.”
Lecture by Prof. Roger Brooks
Thursday, Sept. 7
12:00 p.m.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Free and open to the public
An illustrated lecture and brown-bag lunch in the Bangor Room of the University of Maine’s Memorial Union, to be followed by a discussion.
Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series, co-sponsored by Judaic Studies and the Jewish Community Endowment Associates.
Roger Brooks is Professor of Religious Studies (Emeritus) at Connecticut College, a widely published scholar of both Biblical History and the Holocaust, and President of Facing History and Ourselves. He received his Ph.D. in Judaic Studies at Brown University under the supervision of Jacob Neusner.
Sponsored by University of Maine Hillel, the University of Maine’s Judaic Studies Program and Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund, Congregation Beth Abraham, and Bangor JCEA. For further information call 207.947.0876.