The Stone Lectureship in Judaism was established in 1983 by family and friends of Dr. and Mrs. Alex B. Stone. The purpose of the endowment is to provide a yearly lecture and an expanded program in Judaic studies at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø. The lectures began in 1984.

List of lecturers

1984-85, Herbert Weinberg, Hebrew University, "The Nature of Modern Israeli Society"

1985-86, Jonathan Goldstein, University of Iowa, "God's Wonders in History: Hanukkahs...But Also Holocausts?"

1986-87, David Ussishkin, Tel Aviv University, "Excavations at Tel Lachish"

1987-88, Menahem Mansoor, University of Wisconsin, "The Challenge of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Forty Years Later"

1988-89, Bezalel Porten, Hebrew University, "Elephantine: A Jewish Military Colony in Ancient Egypt"

1989-90, Gary G. Porton, University of Illinois, "Why Jews Do What They Do: Judaism as a Religion of Action"

1990-91, Michael Fishbane, University of Chicago, "Jeremiah and Socrates: Prophet and Philosopher"

1991-92, Seymour Gitin, Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, "Ekron of the Bible"

1992-93, Stanley M. Hordes, consulting historian, "The Sephardic Legacy in New Mexico: A History of the Crypto-Jews"

1993-94, Michael Wise, University of Chicago, "Masada and the Dead Sea Scrolls"

1994-95, Ori Soltes, National Jewish Museum, "Tradition and Transformation: A Definition of Jewish Art"

1995-96, Joel Kraemer, University of Chicago, "Maimonides: Personal Tragedy and Evil, Suffering and Providence"

1996-97, Mayer Gruber, Ben Gurion University, "Body Language and the Bible"

1997-98, Zali Gurevitch, Hebrew University, "Whose Jerusalem?"

1998-99, Gideon Aran, Hebrew University, "Israeli Judaism and Radical Religion"

1999-00, Harold Kasimow, Grinnell Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, "Pope John Paul II and the Jews"

2000-01, Daphne Tsimhoni, Israel Institute of Technology, "Peace in the Holy Land?"

2001-02, Marvin Sweeney, Claremont School of Theology, "Paradise Revisited: The Talmud & Jewish Mysticism"

2002-03, Robert Skloot, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Theater of the Holocaust"

2003-04, Sidnie White-Crawford, University of Nebraska, "What Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Teach Us?"

2004-05, Dean Bell, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, "The Jews and the Reformation: Luther and Beyond"

2005-06, Philip V. Bohlman, University of Chicago, "Jewish Music: The Journey from Tradition to Modernity"

2006-07, Andr¨¦ Aciman, Graduate Center City University of New York, "Memory and Repetition: We Lose Everything At Least Twice"

2008-09, Jonathan Adelman, University of Denver, "Israel Among the Nations"

2009-10, Michael Halpern, journalist and commentator, "Israel and Iran: A Contemporary Chess Game"

2010-11, Sybil Sanchez, director, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, "Judaism: A Green Religion"

2011-12, Avivah Zornberg, Torah scholar, educator, writer, "Why Did Sarah Laugh?"

2012-13, Jacob L. Wright, Emory University, "Why Was the Bible Written? A Matter of Politics"

2013-14, Meira Z. Kensky, Coe Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, "The Crucifixion, the New Testament, and the Jews"

2014-15, Stephen Wilson, Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, "Making Men in the Hebrew Bible: The Coming of Age of Kings David and Solomon"

2015-16, Rabbi Elliot Dorff, American Jewish University, "God without Ethics, Ethics without God: What Does Judaism Add to Ethics?"

2016-17, Jonathan Petropoulos, Claremont McKenna Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, "The "Real" (and Reel) Monuments Men, the Gurlitt Cache, and the Continuing Challenges of Nazi Looted Art"