Dear Geoff, I detect some confusion in your letter. The Schiffmann lecture series is a Ben Gurion University event (not my own department, unfortunately). It is not an Orion event. Orion has provided a service by announcing it to a wider audience, and this, I assume, is what they will continue to do. Victor
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Geoff Hudson wrote: > I would really love to hear Lawrence Schiffman but time and distance does > not permit. In this electronic age there is the capability to compensate > for the impossibility of being in two places at the same time. > > I think that the Orion site will be missed by a number of people who have > used it more than me. Perhaps the owners would reconsider their decision. > At a difficult time politically for Israel, it is surely important to > maintain links however small with the outside world. Issues of "flaming" > are secondary, and have not been a big problem here. Does the ANE have too > wide a scope? There is plenty remaining that could be discussed, for > example the Scrolls version of the OT. > > Geoff Hudson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Rochelle I. Altman > Sent: 19 December 2002 11:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: orion-list The DSS at Ben Gurion > > > While there is still time to send announcements, > this may be of interest to members of ORION: > > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > Distinguished Visitors Program > > Blechner Chair in Jewish Values > > Department of History > > Cordially invite you to lectures: > By > Prof. Lawrence H. Sch For private reply, e-mail to avigdor horovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: "unsubscribe Orion." Archives are on the Orion Web site, http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il. (PLEASE REMOVE THIS TRAILOR BEFORE REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE)
