JPS: The Next 120 Years

JPS: The Next 120 Years

Back to the Future: Continuing the Jewish Conversation

3,000 years ago a conversation began

around the stories that bind us and fuel our

beliefs.

Passed from generation to generation…

Passed from generation to generation…

Then carefully written down,

Then carefully written down,

first on a scroll,

then in a codex,

and then with movable type.

and then with movable type.

and then with movable type.

as more people had

access to The Book ,

Ironically,

as more people had

access to The Book ,

Ironically,

fewer remembered

why the Tanakh was important

to them.

As the centuries passed, the diversity of Jewish

voices talking about the Bible dwindled to just...

rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers

rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers

rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers

Orthodox men, rabbis, scholars, Orthodox men, and pockets of curious and active seekers.

Today, conversations inspired by the stories in the Bible are few

and far between.

37%

37 % of Americans

111 million people

say they read the Bible regularly.

37%

Out of thatnumber

ONLY 2 million American Jews regularly

appreciate the relevance of the Bible.

37%

Jews who read the

Bible

What about everybody else?

What about the other

3.5 million American

Jews?

What about everybody else?

In our busy world,

do people even want to relate to the Bible?

Do they even know what they are missing?

In our busy world,

But what if there was a way to recover the magic?

An easy way to blend the wisdom of our sages...

with the know-how of the masses?

An easy way to blend the wisdom of our sages...

What if the Bible were

accessible

What if the Bible were

accessiblerelevant

What if the Bible were

accessiblerelevant

and dynamically brought to life

through images,

through images,

words,

through images,

words,

videos,

through images,

words,

videos,

games,

and more.

Imagine encountering the Bible...

with the advantages of:

with the advantages of:

Learned Scholars

with the advantages of:

Learned ScholarsTraditional Commentaries

with the advantages of:

Learned ScholarsTraditional CommentariesModern Interpretations

with the advantages of:

Learned ScholarsTraditional CommentariesModern Interpretationsand other people’s wisdom

Join JPS as we embark on this new discovery...

a multi-dimensional version of the Bible.

harnessing the power oftechnology to create

harnessing the power oftechnology to create

Open the conversation to the world...

so that the values and ideas that have sustained our people for generations...

so that the values and ideas that have sustained our people for generations...

can be a light unto the nations.

Learn more about the Tagged Tanakh...

Join the conversation...

Make it happen

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