Lecture On Jews In America

FAIRFIELD — Dr Arnold M. Eisen will be the guest speaker at a lecture hosted by Fairfield University’s Bennett Center of Judaic Studies on Monday, April 30, at 7:30 pm, in the university’s Charles F. Dolan School of Business. Dr Eisen will discuss “Jews, Judaism and Multicultural America.”

The university’s first Judaic Studies Scholar-in-Residence, Dr Eisen is a professor of religious studies at Stanford University and the author of numerous books and articles about contemporary Jewish life and thought in America and Israel. His latest book, Rethinking Modern Judaism: Ritual, Commandment, Community, was recently awarded the Koret Jewish Book Award.

The April 30 lecture is free and open to the public but reservations are suggested. The university’s Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center of Judaic Studies, under the direction of Dr Ellen M. Umansky, and the Schnurmacher Foundations are sponsors of the event. For more information or to reserve a seat, call Judaic Studies at 203-254-4000, extension 2066.