Join us for a fascinating journey through one of the most powerful and contested images in Jewish history: the Arch of Titus. Stretching from the Roman destruction of Jerusalem to the rise of the modern State of Israel, this rich and thought-provoking program will explore the Arch as an ancient Roman monument, a witness to Jewish encounter and memory in the classical world, a charged object in medieval and Christian imagination, and ultimately a symbol that has taken on outsized meaning in modern Jewish life. Guided by Professor Steven Fine, one of the leading scholars of Judaism in the Greco-Roman world, participants will gain fresh insight into how a single artifact can carry centuries of political, religious, artistic, and emotional meaning.
Sponsor: Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program