A Time for Recommitment: The 12 Points of Berlin
Shared Roots, Divergent Paths Series

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall

In 1947, Jews and Christians from around world gathered to confront the religious dimensions of the Holocaust. The result was a document called the Ten Points of Seelisberg. Last July, Jews and Christians from around the world gathered in Berlin to recommit to the work of Jewish-Christian reconciliation by issuing The Twelve Points of Berlin, marking a new moment in the dialogue. Join two authors of this historic document to discuss its program for the 21st century.

Prior to attending the program, we encourage you to read "A Time for Recommitment: The Twelve Points of Berlin," available at www.ccjr.us

Invited Scholar

Mrs. Judith H. Banki, Tannebaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, NYC

 

Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia

 

 

Light of Torah: Interpreting the Hebrew Bible through the eyes of Jewish sages...

Date: Monday, March 22, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall

An obituary should give us a moment of significant insight into the life and the personality of the woman or man being remembered. The death notice at the end of the life of Moses, recorded in Deut. 34, presents us with just such an opportunity. God denies Moses, who is dying within sight of the Promised Land, the satisfaction and fulfillment of four decades of leading the Israelite wilderness trek. How painful that must have been. And yet we have the evidence of such intimacy between Moses and the LORD: in life they spoke face to face, and now, at the end, he dies with the LORD's companionship, and is buried by Him. Unequaled in the work of his vocation, the biblical narrator assures us, Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses. What are the sources of this intimacy? What might be lessons for my own life-long love affair with the LORD?

The Light of Torah, an occasional seminar series that will guide participants across faith traditions to read the Hebrew Bible through the interpretive eyes of Jewish sages - ancient, medieval and modern. The study sessions will be conducted according to the traditional method of havrutah Torah study.

Invited Scholar

We are honored to have John G. Driscoll, CFC, PhD, former President of Iona College (1971 - 1995) lead these engaging and illuminating sessions, which have been offered to a variety of Christian communities around the world.  Brother Driscoll is currently in residence at the Center for the Study of Christianity at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, a faculty member of the Bat Kol Institute in Jerusalem and the Light of Torah initiative in Sydney, Australia.

 

 

 

Hidden Children of the Holocaust The William H. Donat Shoah Commemoration Series

Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall

Learn about new research concerning Belgian children hidden by Catholic nuns.

Invited Scholar

Dr. Suzanne Vromen, Bard College

 

 

The Mirror of the Soul: Gazing at the Cross through Jewish Eyes The Inaugural Rabbi Michael A. Signer Memorial Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Romita Auditorium of Ryan Library

Using the image of a mirror, Dr. Boys will reflect on what she has learned from Jewish experience about approaching the cross of Jesus as a Catholic Christian.

Invited Scholar

Dr. Mary C. Boys, PhD, SNJM

 

 

All events are free and open to the public

For information contact:
Dr. Elena Procario-Foley
Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic Studies
Iona College
715 North Ave.
New Rochelle, NY 10801
(914) 637-2744
eprocariofoley@iona.edu