October 11, 2002: Volume 56, Number 5

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin speaks on Oct. 13

Joseph Telushkin, spiritual leader of the Synagogue of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, and named by Talk Magazine as one of the 50 best speakers in the U.S., will speak on Jewish Humor:  What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.

His talk, sponsored by Union College Hillel, is free and open to the public.

Telushkin was ordained at Yeshiva University in New York and pursued graduate studies in Jewish history at Columbia University.  He lectures throughout the U.S. and also serves as an associate of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.

He has written many books including Jewish Literacy:  The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History, the most widely selling book on Judaism of the past two decades, and Biblical Literacy:  The Most Important People, Events and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible, chosen as a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

The talk, arranged through the B'nai Brith Lecture Bureau, is being underwritten by the Union College Jewish Chaplaincy Fund, the Union College Lamont Preachers Fund, and private donors.

For more information, call Margo Strosberg at 388-6539

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