BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2662@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T120000 DTSTAMP:20250507T202559Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/joy-club-discover-the-dura-europus-syn agogue/ SUMMARY:JOY Club: Discover the Dura Europus Synagogue DESCRIPTION:The discovery of a 3rd century C.E. synagogue at Dura-Europus i n Syria contains the earliest known paintings of biblical scenes. Dr. Ira Spar\, a professor of ancient history at Ramapo College of New Jersey and former research Assyriologist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, will be speaking here at WJC. His lecture on the Dura synagogue paintings will inc lude highlights of Professor Spar’s journey to the ancient site which wa s first discovered in 1932 and his analysis of Jewish religious life and t raditions of the 3rd century through Hebrew\, Aramaic and Persian inscript ions. Register below to attend.\n\nREGISTER HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025 /04/JOY-Club-Dura-Europus-1.png CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Featured Events,J.O.Y. Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR