I’ll be speaking on five occasions over the next two months at the Agudas Achim Congregation in Iowa City. I am thankful to Rabbi Portman for the invitations, and invite all who’d like to participate to come, listen to the lectures, and enjoy the congregation’s new facility at 401 E. Oakdale Blvd. in Coralville, IA.
I’ll be speaking on the following:
| Date | Time | Title |
| Sept. 20 | 8:30pm | “Seeing Double: Twins in the Bible” (Annual Finn Lecture) Genesis 25:20-26 |
| Oct. 4 | 8:30pm | “The Flood Tradition after the Rise of Science” (Noah) Genesis 6:9-11:32 |
| Oct. 11 | 8:30pm | “Go Forth from Here to Iowa, and I Shall Bless Thee with Tenure” (Lech-Lecha – Abraham leaving) Genesis 12:1-17:27 |
| Oct. 18 | 8:30pm | “Looking Back: Scholarly Problems with Sodom and Gomorrah” (Vayera – Sodom and Gomorrah, Akedah) Genesis 18:1-22:24 |
| Oct. 26 | 8:30pm | “What is ‘Biblical Marriage’?” (Chayi Sarah – Wife for Isaac) Genesis 23:1-25:18 |
For more information, contact the synagogue at (319) 337-3813.
Filed under: iowa city, judaism | Tagged: agudas achim, akedah, biblical marriage, Chayi Sarah, Lech-Lecha, noah, Rabbi Jeff Portman, synagogue, Vayera |
XKV8R: The (Retired) Blog of Robert R. Cargill, Ph.D. 
Dang, I’d love to hear those lectures, but alas, I live on the gulf coast and it’s just not on.
Hope it goes well…Doc Enforcer *g*
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