http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/06-081BillionFundraisingLM-.asp The Judaic Studies Program is funded by the University, faculty grants, and in part, by the Judaic Studies Endowment which was established through popular subscription to the Friends in 1978. Income from the permanent Endowment helps support the Judaic Studies Program and makes possible meetings and lectures for the general public by distinguished members of the world-renowned faculty and visiting lecturers. The aim of the Judaic Studies Program as envisioned by the donors and carried out by the faculty is to foster the critical study of the literature and history of the Jews from sources in the bible to the modern times. Each academic year over 1,000 students enroll in undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses taught by Judaic Studies faculty. Free of doctrinal assumptions faculty and students use all modes of rational inquiry to reach a deeper understanding of the Jewish civilization and its contribution to mankind.