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Temple Emanu-El's 
Rabbi Albert T. Bilgray Lectureship

The Bilgray Lectureship is a joint project, co-sponsored by Temple Emanu-El and the University of Arizona. In cooperation with the University's Program of Judaic Studies, it brings to Tucson distinguished authorities in the realm of Judaic studies.

The Bilgray Lectureship was created in 1985 by members of Temple Emanu-El in Tucson, Arizona to honor Albert T. Bilgray, Rabbi Emeritus and Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona. In the course of more than a quarter century, Professor Bilgray created and helped develop three programs at the University: Hebrew Language and Literature, Religious Studies, and Judaic Studies. The Lectureship seeks to perpetuate the rabbinic and scholarly emphases of Rabbi Bilgray’s career through a popular presentation on Jewish life and literature, as well as through an academic, scholarly approach.

Bilgray Guest Lecturers

1986 - Professor Jacob R. Marcus
1988 - Professor Robert Alter
1989 - Professor Amos Funkenstein
1990 - Professor Ellis Rivkin
1991 - Professor Leon A. Jick
1992 - Professor Arnold M. Eisen
1993 - Professor Shemaryahu Talmon
1994 - Professor Michael Fishbane
1995 - Professor Susannah Heschel
1996 - Professor Marc Bregman
1997 - Professor Amy-Jill Levine
1998 - Professor Arnold J. Band
1999 - Tribute to Rabbi Bilgray
2000 - Professor Yehuda Reinharz
2001 - Marge Piercy
2002 - Edwin Black
2003 - Professor Daniel Matt
2004 - Professor Mitchell Schwarzer
2005 - Rabbi Rami Shapiro
2005 - Professor Judith Cohen
2005 - Rabbi Byron Sherwin
2005 - Rabbi Sandy Seltzer
2005 - Rabbi Steve Greenberg
2006 - Professor Reuven Firestone
2007 - Professor Tamara Eskenazi
2008 - Professor Jonathan Sarna