“Rock Solid: America’s Relationship to the Ten Commandments,” the Annual Norman E. Alexander Lecture in Jewish Studies

• Free
• History
• Religion & Spirituality

In the United States of the late 19th and 20th centuries, the Ten Commandments received a new lease on life. More richly imagined than ever before, the ancient constellation of do’s and don’ts imprinted itself on the American landscape. In her illustrated lecture, historian Jenna Weissman Joselit explores the social, cultural and religious forces that propelled the Ten Commandments into prominence. Jenna Weissman Joselit, Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History, Director of the MA Program in Jewish Cultural Arts, The George Washington University. Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Libraries and the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University. Journalism Building, World Room, 3rd Floor. Registration is required.