JCC Presents: David Ben-Gurion and the Bible May 19

JCC Presents: David Ben-Gurion and the Bible May 19

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Oak Park, MI – The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s IRP (Institute for Retired Professionals) will present its annual Lucas Lecture, featuring Rachel Havrelock speaking on “David Ben-Gurion and the Bible: Forging Israeli Secular Culture,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln in Oak Park.

Havrelock is associate professor of Jewish Studies and English at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

The event is co-sponsored by Wayne State University’s Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies and is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a dessert reception. For information, contact the IRP office at irp@jccdet.org or (248) 432-5406.

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