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Jack Spiro, DHL, EdD
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Harry Lyons Distinguished Chair of Judaic Culture

DHL, Hebrew Union College
EdD, Univeristy of Virginia

Email - jdspiro@vcu.edu
Phone - 804.827.0909
Fax - 804.828.0127

Office - 14 N. Laurel Street
Richmond, VA 23284

Website - www.vcu.edu/judaicstudies

Jack D. Spiro holds the Harry Lyons Distinguished Chair of Judaic Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University; directs the university's Center for Judaic Studies and edits its international online publication, Menorah Review; and serves as faculty adviser to VCU's Hillel Foundation.
Among his books are "A Time to Mourn"; "The Living Bible"; "To Learn and to Teach"; "Dialogue: In Search of Jewish-Christian Understanding"; "Focus on Judaism, Science, and Technology"; "Persistent Prejudice: Perspectives on Anti-Semitism"; "Out of the Whirlwind Discussion Guide"; and "The Living Bible Teacher's Guide."
He was editor-in-chief of Religious Education, journal of the Religious Education Association of North America; founding editor of Compass, national education magazine of Reform Judaism; editorial director of The Torah: A Modern Commentary; and executive editor of Reform Judaism.
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