The Judaic Studies Program and the Department of History at the University at Albany and the Colonie Jewish Community Association will be hosting a lecture by Dr. Daniel Grossberg, Professor Emeritus at UAlbany, titled Genesis Confronts Paganism. The lecture is free and open to the public with light refreshments before the lecture. For more information call UAlbany’s Center Judaic Studies at 518 442-4130; email at cjs@albany.edu Dr. Grossberg was Director of the Hebrew Program and taught Hebrew language, literature, and Bible. He authored a monograph on biblical poetry for the Society of Biblical Literature, a Commentary on Lamentations for the Oxford Jewish Study Bible, and numerous studies for professional Journals. Grossberg also served as a visiting Scholar at the Oxford Center for Post Graduate Hebrew Studies in Oxford, England and was an invited international presenter at Limmud UK.