JPS and the Next 120 Years
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JPS: The Next 120 Years
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JPS: The Next 120 Years
Back to the Future: Continuing the Jewish Conversation
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3,000 years ago a conversation began
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around the stories that bind us and fuel our
beliefs.
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Passed from generation to generation…
Passed from generation to generation…
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Then carefully written down,
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Then carefully written down,
first on a scroll,
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then in a codex,
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and then with movable type.
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and then with movable type.
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and then with movable type.
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as more people had
access to The Book ,
Ironically,
as more people had
access to The Book ,
Ironically,
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fewer remembered
why the Tanakh was important
to them.
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As the centuries passed, the diversity of Jewish
voices talking about the Bible dwindled to just...
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rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers
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rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers
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rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers
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Orthodox men, rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers.
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Today, conversations inspired by the stories in the Bible are few
and far between.
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37%
37 % of Americans
111 million people
say they read the Bible regularly.
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37%
Out of thatnumber
ONLY 2 million American Jews regularly
appreciate the relevance of the Bible.
37%
Jews who read the
Bible
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What about everybody else?
What about the other
3.5 million American
Jews?
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What about everybody else?
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In our busy world,
do people even want to relate to the Bible?
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Do they even know what they are missing?
In our busy world,
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But what if there was a way to recover the magic?
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An easy way to blend the wisdom of our sages...
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with the know-how of the masses?
An easy way to blend the wisdom of our sages...
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What if the Bible were
accessible
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What if the Bible were
accessiblerelevant
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What if the Bible were
accessiblerelevant
and dynamically brought to life
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through images,
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through images,
words,
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through images,
words,
videos,
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through images,
words,
videos,
games,
and more.
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Imagine encountering the Bible...
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with the advantages of:
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with the advantages of:
Learned Scholars
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with the advantages of:
Learned ScholarsTraditional Commentaries
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with the advantages of:
Learned ScholarsTraditional CommentariesModern Interpretations
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with the advantages of:
Learned ScholarsTraditional CommentariesModern Interpretationsand other people’s wisdom
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Join JPS as we embark on this new discovery...
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a multi-dimensional version of the Bible.
harnessing the power oftechnology to create
harnessing the power oftechnology to create
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Open the conversation to the world...
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so that the values and ideas that have sustained our people for generations...
so that the values and ideas that have sustained our people for generations...
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can be a light unto the nations.
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Learn more about the Tagged Tanakh...
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Join the conversation...
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Make it happen
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