A brief vignette describing the need and context for JPS's groundbreaking project, The Tagged Tanakh. Go to jpsinteractive.org or www.jewishpub.org to learn more.

1. JPS:
The Next 120 Years

2. JPS:
The Next 120 Years
Back to the Future:
Continuing the Jewish Conversation

3. 3,000 years ago a
conversation began

4. around the stories that
bind us and fuel our
beliefs.

5. Passed from generation
to generation…

6. Then carefully
written down,

7. Then carefully
written down,
first on a scroll,

8. then in a codex,

9. and then with
movable type.

10. and then with
movable type.

11. and then with
movable type.

12. Ironically,
as more
people had
access to
The Book ,

13. fewer
remembered
why the Tanakh
was important
to them.

14. As the centuries passed,
the diversity of Jewish
voices talking about the
Bible dwindled to just...

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

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

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

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

19. Today, conversations
inspired by the stories
in the Bible are few
and far between.

20. 37 % of
Americans
37% 111 million people
say they read
the Bible
regularly.

21. Jews who
read the
Bible
Out of that
number
ONLY 2 million
37% American Jews
regularly
appreciate
the relevance
of the Bible.

22. What about
the other
3.5 million
American
Jews?

23. What about
everybody else?

24. In our busy world,
do people even want
to relate to the Bible?

25. Do they even know
what they are missing?

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

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

28. An easy way to blend the
wisdom of our sages...
with the know-how
of the masses?

29. What if the Bible were
accessible

30. What if the Bible were
accessible
relevant

31. What if the Bible were
accessible
relevant
and dynamically
brought to life

32. through images,

33. through images,
words,

34. through images,
words,
videos,

35. through images,
words,
videos,
games,
and more.

36. Imagine
encountering
the Bible...

37. with the
advantages of:

38. with the
advantages of:
Learned
Scholars

39. with the
advantages of:
Learned
Scholars
Traditional
Commentaries

40. with the
advantages of:
Learned
Scholars
Traditional
Commentaries
Modern
Interpretations

41. with the
advantages of:
Learned
Scholars
Traditional
Commentaries
Modern
Interpretations
and other
people’s wisdom

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

43. harnessing
the power of
technology to create
a multi-dimensional
version of the Bible.

44. Open the conversation to
the world...

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

46. can be a light
unto the nations.

47. Learn more about the
Tagged Tanakh...

48. Join the conversation...

49. Make it happen

50. www.yavnet.org

51. Contact JPS for more
information