Public Lecture: “More Than Just Mosaics: The Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee”

When

Tue, Dec 10, 2019    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Free and open to the public; free parking with online vehicle registration.

Where

Douglass Student Center, Rutgers University
100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Event Type

Since 2011, exciting excavations in the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee have been directed by famed archaeologist Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On December 10, Magness will come to Rutgers to share her team’s discoveries, including the remains of a monumental fifth-century synagogue paved with stunning and unique mosaics that include the first non-biblical story ever found decorating an ancient synagogue. The talk is sponsored by Rutgers’ Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life.