Our Jewish Heritage

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Annual Meeting as we reflected on the 2024–2025 fiscal year and celebrated the individuals whose dedication and contributions made it all possible.

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita After Torah: Time for Tanach, The Books of the Bible The Book of Ezekiel, Priest and Prophet Ezekiel was born in the kingdom of Judah and was…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita After Torah: Time for Tanach, The Books of the Bible The Book of Isaiah The book of Isaiah contains sixty-six chapters. According to tradition, Isaiah wrote most…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita After Torah: Time for Tanach, The Books of the Bible The Book of Hosea About fifteen years after Amos, a new prophet was heard in the northern…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita After Torah: Time for Tanach, The Books of the Bible What happened to the Southern Kingdom of Judah? In contrast to turbulent Israel, the smaller kingdom of…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita After Torah: Time for Tanach, The Books of the Bible Under King David and King Solomon, the Israelite kingdom was a major force in the region. This…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita The First Book of Kings   The book of Kings was divided into two parts. Together, they tell the history of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah,…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita The Books of Samuel The books of Samuel were divided during the time of the Greek translation because they are very long. Who was Samuel? Why was…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita After Torah: Time for Tanach, the Books of the Bible The second section of the Tanach, the Prophets, begins with Joshua leading the Israelites into the land…

Dr. Lenore C. Kipper, Judaic Studies Director Emerita After Torah: Time for Tanach, The Books of the Bible. Tanach is the Hebrew acronym term for the three sections of the Jewish Bible. It represents Torah,…