Wednesday, April 9  BOULDER  A Middle East Series Event: "Jews of Conscience and the Future of Israel and Palestine" with Professor Marc Ellis In 1998 Ellis was appointed Professor of American and Jewish Studies at Baylor University;  the next year he was named University Professor of American and Jewish Studies. In 1999 he founded Baylor University's Center for American and Jewish Studies, which was renamed The Center for Jewish Studies in 2006. Professor Ellis has authored sixteen books and edited five others, with a new book, Reading the Torah Out Loud: A Journey of Lament and Hope released this year, published by Augsburg Fortress Press. At 7 p.m. at Math 100, CU Boulder. Free.