We look forward to welcoming Professor Marc Zvi Brettler to ASBI. Join us for the following opportunities to hear Professor Brettler speak:

Friday Night Dinner (6:30 PM in the Social Hall) & Talk (7:45 PM in the Main Sanctuary)
"Why Should Jews Read the New Testament?"

Dinner is by reservation only but everyone is welcome to join us in the Main Sanctuary to hear Professor Brettler speak whether or not you are attending the dinner. Register for dinner below!

Shabbat Morning Drasha
"Noach and Gilgamesh"

Post-Kiddush Shiur at 11:45 AM
"The Ten Commandments in the Bible and in American Life"

Marc Brettler is the Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Duke University. The Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, he has also taught at Yale University, Brown University, Wellesley College and Middlebury College. He has also taught in various adult Jewish education settings, including the Wexner Heritage Program and the innovative Me’ah program in Boston. He is the recipient of the Michael A. Walzer Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Keter Torah Award from the Boston Bureau of Jewish Education.

He is co-editor of The Jewish Study Bible, which won a National Jewish Book Award, and The Jewish Annotated New Testament, the first book of its type, which was written up in the N.Y. Times and has just been republished in an expanded, highly revised version. He served as an associate editor of the New Oxford Annotated Bible, and has contributed to all ten volumes of My People's Prayer Book, a commentary on the siddur.

He has written for The Forward and The Jerusalem Report, has appeared on the Television series “Mysteries of the Bible,” was heard on the National Public Radio show “All Things Considered,” and was interviewed on “Fresh Air” by Terry Gross.

Space for dinner is limited - registration closes Wednesday, October 30th, at 12:00 PM.

Cost
ASBI Members: $25/person  |  Non-Members: $30/person
Members: Log into your account to redeem your discount.

Please list any dietary restrictions in the box below and we will do our best to accommodate!