Rabbi/archeologist to speak on identity

          Richard Freund is a rabbi, an archeologist and the director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Hartford.

          He will be coming to Wisconsin on Sunday, March 9, to speak about “How is Archeology Changing Jewish and Catholic Identity?”

          The lecture will take place at 2 p.m. at the Sacred Heart School of Theology, 7335 S. Highway 100, Franklin. Admission is free, but advance registration by March 5 is required.

          The talk is sponsored by the Lux Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at the Sacred Heart School. Online registration is available at luxcenter.shst.edu.

          Freund has directed six archaeological projects in Israel and three in Europe. He has written six books on archaeology and two on Jewish ethics.

          For more information, call 414-529-6966 or visit the website listed above.