200-year-old Torah

Beth Nakhai, an associate professor at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, unrolls a 200-year-old torah scroll in front of her students in an independent-study class on biblical Hebrew. A rabbi will do restoration work on the document.

 Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies will present the lecture "Gender in Archaeology Today: The Key to Understanding Ancient Israel" by Beth Alpert Nakhai, a University of Arizona professor, 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26.Β 

The free lecture at the UA Hillel Foundation, 1245 E. Second St., will explore the roles of women in Near Eastern society.Β 

For more information, visit judaic.arizona.edu/genderinarchaeology or call 626-5758.Β 

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