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Hey Everyone,

Our first order of business last night was to discuss the fate of REAL. We decided that since the only active members are mostly seniors and 2-3 juniors, we are worried about REAL's imminent death. Therefore, because we are all so busy this semester and have trouble organizing events because of lack of funds, motivation, participation, etc, we are disbanding REAL for the remainder of the semester. We will pick up normal meetings and events in the spring, try to recruit new members, and have people shadowing the officers (since all of the current officers are seniors). We are already making plans for next semester and we will try to visit 2 Jewish synogogues (Reformed & Conservative), the Buddhist Monastery, and a Passover meal at Bloomsburg University. For those of you who really want to go on trips this semester, we will keep our eyes pealed for relgion-ish events in the area and send you all emails about those events. If you see anything that looks like it could be a good REAL trip, email me with details and I will forward the info to everyone else.

With that said, we have a trip planned for next week. Here's all the info you could possibly need, as provided by Dr. Johnson:

Dr. Steven Fine of Yeshiva University will speak at Lycoming College and Ohev Sholom Synagogue in Williamsport, PA.  
Dr. Fine has lectured and taught popular audiences around the world. His lectures are beautifully illustrated with slides.  Dr. Fine helps participants to engage the world of ancient Judaism and its meaning for contemporary Jews and Christians.

6:15 pm   Synagogue Lecture - at Ohev Sholom Synagogue on Cherry St. in Williamsport:  
" 'When I Went to Rome, I Saw the Menorah':  
The Jerusalem Temple Implements between 70 C.E. and the Fall of Rome"
                  Admission free - all are welcome!

********If you want to go to the synagogue lecture, meet in Pennington @ 5:45pm, Chelsey is driving**********

8:00 pm  College Lecture - at Lycoming College in the Heim Lecture Hall (G-11):
"Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology"
                  Admission free - all are welcome!

Steven Fine is Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York
City, where he focuses on the interrelationships between ancient Jewish
literature, art and archeology. Dr. Fine wrote his doctorate in Jewish
history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds an MA in art
history from the University of Southern California and a BA in religious
studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  Steven Fine's
most recent book is Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New
Jewish Archaeology (Cambridge University Press, 2005). He is also an editor
of IMAGES: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Art and Visual Culture (E.J.
Brill).

Presented by the Angel Endowment of Ohev Sholom Synagogue and Lycoming College.

Dr. Fine also invites archaeology students at the college to join him for a breakfast workshop on Thursday November 9th to examine and discuss artifacts relating to idolatry and Judaism.  Details TBA!

~*Lindsay*~
 

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