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Programs 1985-2006

"The American Jewish Experience"

October 1985
Presenter: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro

"Jews and Christians In Dialogue - The 20th Anniversary of Vatican II's Statement: Nostra Aetate"

October 1985
Presenter: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro

November 18-19, 1985
Presenters: Reverend Dr. Paul M. van Buren
                    Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum
                    Father Michael McGarry, C.S.P.

"Judaism, Christianity, Islam:
Common Origins, Present Problems, Future Hopes"

April 28, 1986
Presenter:  Honorable Abba Eban

"Understanding Judaism"

October 1986
Presenters: Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                    Rabbi Howard E. Jaffe
                    Rabbi Nahum Schulman
                    Rabbi Max A. Shapiro

"How Jews and Christians Look at Jesus"

November 19-20, 1986
Presenters: Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz
                    Reverend John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M.

"An Evening with Elie Wiesel:
The Eternal Question of Suffering and Evil"

April 28, 1987
Presenter: Elie Wiesel

"Understanding Judaism"

October 1987
Presenters: Rabbi E. Braun
                    Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                    Rabbi Howard E. Jaffe
                    Rabbi Max A. Shapiro

"The Novel as Religious Education"

October 19, 1987
Presenters: Reverend Andrew Greeley
                    Rabbi Chaim Potok

"Jewish Roots: Passover and Easter"

March 23, 1988
Presenters: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro
                    Arthur E. Zannoni

"How Jews and Christians Look at Paul"

April 20, 1988
Presenters: Rabbi Michael J. Cook
                    Rev. Dr. David L. Tiede

"A Cardinal Looks at Jewish-Christian Relations"

September 28, 1988
Presenter: Joseph Cardinal Bernardin

"Understanding Judaism"

October 1988 
Presenters: Rabbi Joseph R. Black
                    Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                    Rabbi Jerome M. Herzog
                    Rabbi Max A. Shapiro

"How Jews and Christians Read the Bible"

November 2, 1988
Presenters: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro
                    Arthur E. Zannoni

"Fundamentalism: Current Issues in the Jewish-Christian Dialogue"

April 6, 1989
Presenters:  Sister Dianne Bergant, C.S.A.
                    Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz
                    Rev. Dr. Donald H. Juel
                    Reverend Pat Robertson

"How Jews and Christians Read the Bible"

May 11, 1989
Presenters: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro
                    Arthur E. Zannoni

"Understanding Judaism"  

September-October 1989
Presenters: Rabbi Harold Kravitz
                    Rabbi Nahum Schulman
                    Rabbi Max A. Shapiro
                    Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman

"Jews and Christians in Anguish"

October 17, 1989
Presenters: Sister M. Christine Athans, B.V.M.
                    Father Edward H. Flannery
                    Mr. Albert Vorspan
                    Dr. Clark M. Williamson

"Political Issues Facing Jewish-Christian Dialogue"

May 3, 1990
Presenters:  Reverend Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
                    Mrs. Geri Joseph
                    Rabbi David N. Saperstein

"Crossing Over in Jewish and Christian Spiritualities"

October 2, 1990
Presenters: Dr. John C. Merkle
                    Dr. Carol Ochs

"Who Needs God"

October 30, 1990
Presenter: Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

"How Jews and Catholics Pray"

November 13, 1990
Presenters: Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                    Reverend Robert M. Schwartz

"Lest We Forget: The Holocaust and the 21st Century Reflections of a Jew, a Catholic and a Protestant"

May 9, 1991
Presenters: Dr. Harry James Cargas
                    Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt
                    Dr. John K. Roth
                    Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman

"In Our Times: What Has Changed Between Jews and Christians?"

October 17, 1991
Presenters: Dr. Eugene Fisher 
                    Rabbi A. James Rudin
                    Reverend Dr. Marilyn Salmon

"Understanding Judaism"

October 1991
Presenters: Rabbi Morris Allan
                    Rabbi Leonard Schoolman
                    Rabbi Max A. Shapiro
                    Rabbi Barry Woolf

"Religious Symbols: Stumbling Blocks or Steppingstones to the Dialogue?"

April 9, 1992
Presenters: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman
                    Father Jan Michael Joncas
                    Reverend M. Susan Peterson

"Understanding Judaism"

September, October, 1992
Presenters: Rabbi Joseph A. Edelheit
                    Rabbi Julie K. Gordon 
                    Rabbi Nahum Schulman
                    Rabbi Max A. Shapiro

"The Middle East: The Peace Process and Religion"

Oct. 21, 1992
Presenter: Thomas L. Friedman

 

Jews and Christians Speak of Jesus Series (Sessions I-IV)
    "Judaisms at the Time of Jesus"

April 19, 1993
Presenters: Dr. Shaye J. D. Cohen
                    Dr. Anthony J. Saldarini

    "The Jewishness of Jesus"

May 3, 1993 
Presenters: Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman
                    Dr. E.P. Sanders

    "From Jesus to Christ"

October 11, 1993
Presenters: Reverend John R. Donahue, S.J.
                    Dr. Paula Fredriksen

    "From Christ to God"

October 25, 1993 
Presenters: Dr. Monika K. Hellwig
                    Dr. Alan F. Segal

(Jews and Christians Speak of Jesus was published by Fortress Press, Minneapolis: 1994)

"I Never Saw Another Butterfly"

        October 13-16, 1993
        A Play by Dr. Celeste Responte
        Directed by Mark Pizatto

"What the Churches are Saying About Jews and Judaism"

April 11, 1994
Presenters: David Blewett
                    Arthur E. Zannoni

Jews and Christians Speak of Jesus (Sessions V- VII)
    "Jesus Through the Ages"

April 25, 1994
Presenters: Sister Mary C. Boys, S.N.J.M.
                    Rabbi Marc E. Saperstein

    "Portrayals of Jesus in Contemporary Religious Thought"

October 13, 1994 
Presenters: Dr. Ellis Rivkin
                    Dr. Leonard Swidler   

"Images of Jesus in the Arts: Stumbling Blocks or Steppingstones?"

October 27, 1994 
Presenters: Rabbi Michael J. Cook
                    Father Terrence E. Dempsey, S.J.

 

"Understanding Judaism"

September 1994 
Presenters: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro
                    Arthur E. Zannoni

Jews and Christians Speak of the Ten Commandments
    "God in a World of gods"

April 11, 1995
Presenters: Dr. John C. Merkle
                    Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson

    "Families in a Fractured World"

May 9, 1995 
Presenters: Reverend Dr. James R. Thomas
                    Dr. Carol L. Wirtschafter

    "Sexuality in a World of Sex and Violence"

October 11, 1995
Presenters: Rabbi Joseph A. Edelheit
                    Dr. Joan H. Timmerman

    "Social Justice in a World of Injustices"

Oct. 25, 1995
Presenters: Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                    Rev. Michael  J. O'Connell
                   

"Understanding Judaism"

Fall 1995
Presenter: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro

"Twenty-Sixth Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches"

March 3-5, 1996
Minneapolis Mariott City Center Hotel

Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance

September 25, 1996
Presenter: Dr. Lawrence Sutin

Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary

October 28, 1996
Presenter: Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

"The I, I Did Not Know: Tales of Religious Mystery"

    October 29, 1996
    Presenter: Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

"Children, Youth and the Cry for Meaning"
A Presentation in Honor of Abraham Joshua Heschel

        April 1, 1997
        Presenter:  Michael Robin

"Seeking God Among the Idols"

April 30, 1997 & May 1, 1997
Presenters: Dr. Kenneth Seeskin
                    Reverend David B. Burrell, C.S.C.

program essays

"Seeking God in the Workplace"

September 17 and 18, 1997
Presenter:      Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
Respondants: Susan M. Mundale
                        Dr. Michael J. Naughton

program essays

 

A Holocaust Memorial Observance
Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance

May 8, 1997
Presenter: Dr. Lawrence Sutin

 

"Reading the Bible Anew"

October 29, 1997
Presenter: Dr. Everett Fox

 

"Ethical Awareness: Conscience
and its Counterfeits in Business Ethics"

November 5, 1997
Presenter: Dr. Kenneth Goodpaster
Respondent: Joel Green, J.D.

"A Clamorous Silence:
The Voices of Women in the Bible"

Wednesday, February 4, 1998
College of Saint Benedict

A One Woman Show
Written and performed by
Judith Levey-Kurlander

"Feminism and Jewish Tradition"

Thursday, February 19 and 20, 1998
Presenter: Dr. Rachel Adler

program essays

 

"Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day"
Campus-wide Memorial Observance

"Weapons of the Spirit"

Wednesday, April 22, 1998
Thursday, April 23, 1998
Presenters: Nelly Trocmé Hewett
                    Francelyne Lurie

 

Rabbi Max A. Shapiro Lectureship
"Facing the Future: A Shared Agenda for Christians and Jews"

May 18, 1998
Presenter: Rabbi Alexander Schindler

program essay

 

Jews and Christians Speak of Paul
    "Paul: The Marginal Jew"
        Sidney R. Cohen Lectureship

        October 21 and 22, 1998
        Speakers: Dr. Daniel Boyarin
                          Dr. Calvin Roetzel

        program essays

    "The Inventions of Paul the Christian"
       Helen Phillips Levin Lectureship

November  5, 1998
Speakers: Dr. Paula Fredriksen
Dr. Vincent Smiles

program essays

 

Responses to Silence:
Tower of Life at the Holocaust Museum

Nov. 15 and 16, 1998
Speaker: Dr. Yaffa Eliach

Featured Article

Exploring the Hebrew Bible
"The Bible as Drama"
          April 14, 1999
          Speaker: Dr. Peter Pitzele

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
        April 20, 1999

The Bible as It Was
         May 10 and 11, 1999
            Speaker: Dr. James L. Kugel

              program essays to come

Rabbi Max A. Shapiro Lectureship
"Our Journey of Faith"

         April 27, 1999
         Presenter: Dr. James P. Shannon

           program essay

Exploring Questions of Life and Death:
An Interfaith Conversation
(Series to be published in 2002.)

"The Ethics of Health"
Sept. 27-28, 1999
Presenters: Dr. David H. Smith
Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff

"The Ethics of Healing"
October 18-19, 1999
Presenters: Laurie Zoloth Dorfman
                    Fr. James F. Keenan, S.J.

(Series continued in spring 2000)

"Drawing Inspiration From Each Other:
Jewish and Catholic Stories"

        March 12, 2000
        September 17, 2000
        October 15, 2000
        Presenters: Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                             Dr. John C. Merkle

Scholar-In-Residence
Dr. Peter A. Pitzele

    March 27-April 2, 2000
           Schedule of events
           Peter A. Pitzele, Ph.D.
           Bibliodrama Transcript
         
     

Exploring Questions of Life and Death:
An Interfaith Conversation

"The Ethics of Dying and Death"
        April 10 - 11, 2000
        Presenters: Rabbi Aaron Mackler
                             Fr. James F. Bresnahan, S.J.

"The Rites of Dying and Death"
        May 1-2, 2000
        Presenters: Fr. Jan Michael Joncas
                             Rabbi Debra Orenstein

"Religious Faith and Public Health Policy"
        November 3, 2000
        Presenters: Fr. J. Bryan Hehir
                             Rabbi David Saperstein

Exploring Questions of Life and Death: An Interfaith Conversation
will be published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota.

"John Paul II and Catholic Jewish Dialogue"

      October 19-20, 2000
       Presenter: Dr. Harold Kasimov

Co-sponsored with the Commission on Ecuminism and Interfaith Affairs
of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

"Forgiveness: Jewish and Christian Approaches"
Mark and Muriel Wexler Lecture

        November 12-13, 2000
        Presenter: Dr. Eva Fleischner

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Trip
       
        November 14, 2000

2001...............................................

Scholar-In-Residence
Dr. Peter A. Pitzele
        March 6-25, 2001
        October, December
            Schedule of Events
          

"Finding Our Future in the Past"

        March 13, 2001
        Presenter: Thomas Cahill
Co-sponsored with The Leaven Center of Pax Christi Cathlic Church

"Weapons of the Spirit"

        April 19, 2001
        Presenters: Nellie Trocme Hewitt
                             Francelyne Lurie

"On the Healing Power of Being Present"
Helen Phillips Levin Lectureship

        April 19, 2001
        Presenter:  Rabbi Alan Lew

Rabbi Max A. Shapiro Lectureship
"Catholic-Jewish Relations:
What Pope John Paul II Teaches Us"

        May 3, 2001
        Presenter: Cardinal William Keelor

"Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews"

        May 23, 2001
        Presenter: James Carroll
Co-sponsored with The Leaven Center of Pax Christi Catholic Church and Temple Israel

"Animating the Biblical Experience:
A Training in the Art and craft of Conducting Bibliodrama"

    June 4-8, 2001
    Presenters: Dr. Peter Pitzele  
                        Susan Pitzele

"Why Popular Culture Should Matter to Jews and Christians"

        October 4, 2001
        Presenter: Dr. Bruce D. Forbes

"When Dialogue Grows Difficult:
Learning to Live the Questions"
Sidney R. Cohen Lectureship

        October 15, 2001
        Presenter: Dr. Mary C. Boys, S.N.J.M.

"A Midwestern Response to the Holocaust:
The Scattergood Hostel Story"

        October 24, 2001
        Dr. Michael Luick-Thrams

Mark and Muriel Wexler Lecture


United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Trip
       
        October 30, 2001

Scholar in Residence
Rabbi Lee Levine

    "A Tale of Two Symbols:
    The Cross and the Menorah"
        November 15, 2001
        Presenter: Rabbi Lee Levine

    "Experiencing the Sabbath:
    Invitation to Worship and Study
        November 17, 2001
        Presenter: Rabbi Barry Cytron

    "Why Jerusalem is Sacred in Judaism, Christianity and Islam"
        November 17, 2001
        Presenter:  Rabbi Lee Levine

2002......................................

Annual Jewish-Christian Seminar
"Isaac and Jesus: The Death and Life of the Beloved Son
from Jewish and Christian Perspectives"
       January 14, 2002
         Presenter: Dr. Jon Levinson

Co-sponsored with Luther Seminary, the Jay Phillips Center and the Jewish Community Relations Council.

"Constantine's Sword - One year Later"

        April 8, 2002
        Presenter: James Carroll

Helen Phillips Levin Lectureship
Co-sponsored with The Leaven Center and Temple Israel

"Interfaith Dialogue: Agenda for a New Generation"

        April 15, 16, 2002
        Presenters: Dr. Edward Kessler
                            Dr. Peter Pettit

"Our Faith in/and/or Pluralism"

        April 25, 2002
        Presenters: Dr. Shahzad Bashir
                            Rabbi Aaron Brusso
                            Dr. Darrell Jodock

"Animating the Biblical Experience:
A Training in the Art and Craft of Conducting Bibliodrama"

        June 3-7, 2002
        Presenter: Dr. Peter Pitzele
 

"Messengers of God"
The Task of the Prophet In Biblical Thought
With Some Rabbinic Reflections

Thursday, February 14, 2002
Presenter: Dr. Baruch Schwartz

"Pathways to God"
Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation

     September 12, 19, 26
     October 3, 10, 24, 31
     November 7, 14, 21, 2002

    Presenters:
    Rabbi Aaron Brusso
    Sr. Vera Chester, CSJ
    Rabbi Barry Cytron
    Rev. Peter Feldmeier
    Ali Jaafar
    Rev. Jan Michael Joncas
    Dr. Amin Kader
    Dr. Fathi Kamsheh
    Dr. Anne King
    Rabbi Stacy Offner
    Krista Tippett

Co-sponsored with the University of St. Thomas Center for Senior Citizens' Education.

Rabbi Max A. Shapiro and Sidney R. Cohen Lecture
"The World After September 11"

    September 19, 2002
    Presenter:  Thomas L. Friedman

Co-sponsored with Temple Israel

"Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths"

  September 29, 2002
   Presenter: Bruce Feiler

Presented in cooperation with Ruminator Books.

"Religious Intolerance and the Urgency of Interfaith Understanding"

    October 7, 2002
    Presenters: Dr. Mary C. Boys, S.N.J.M.    
                        Rabbi Michael A. Signer

    

"Challenging the "Religion of Thinness' 
What Christians Can Learn from the Jewish Tradition"

    October 16, 2002
    Presenter: Dr. Michelle Lelwica

  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Trip
       
      October 22, 2002

"Tales of Djoha: Trickster in Two Worlds"

    October 29, 2002
    Performers: Voices of Sepharad

"Writing Midrash"

    November 13, 2002
    Presenter: Dr. Peter A. Pitzele

"The Character of God"

    November 19, 2002
    Presenter: Dr. Jack Miles

Presented in cooperation with Ruminator Books.

2003......................................

Annual Jewish-Christian Seminar  

"Holy Food-Holy Space: 
Sacred Meals in Judaism and Christianity" 

    March 10, 2003 
    Presenters: Dr. Sarah Henrich    
                        Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman

Co-sponsored with Luther Seminary and the Jewish Community Relations Council.

"Stories of Discord, Seeds of Hope"

    April 10, 2003
    Presenter: Karen Armstrong

"Panel discussion - Stories of Discord, Seeds of Hope"

    April 11, 2003
    Presenters: Karen Armstrong
                        Dr. Mary Farrell Bednarowski
                        Dr. Ingrid Mattson
                        Rabbi Stacy Offner
                        Krista Tippett 

Co-sponsored with Carol Easley Denny, Islamic Center of Minnesota, Islamic Institute of Minnesota, Luther Seminary, Pax christi Peace and Justice Ministries, Plymouth Congregational Church, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, and WomanSpirit.

Jewish Film Festival of the Twin Cities
"Secret Lives" and "The Secret"

    April 2, 2003

"In My Brother's Image: 
Twin Brothers Separated by Faith 
after the Holocaust"

    April 3, 2003
    Presenter: Dr. Eugene Pogany

"Animating the Biblical Experience:
A Training in the Art and Craft of Conducting Bibliodrama"

        June 2-6, 2003
        Presenter: Dr. Peter A. Pitzele

"Three Faces of Mary: Perspectives on the Ancient Feminine"

        June 8-11, 2003
        Presenters: Hend al Monsour
                            Carolyn Bornhauser
                            Dr. Diane Apostolos Cappadona
                            Rev. Peg Chemberlin
                            Dr. Catherine Cory
                            Rachael Freed
                            Dr. Dierdre Good
                            Mary Kaye Medinger
                            Sr. Joan Mitchell
                            Dr. Peter Pitzele
                            Layne Redmond
                            Dr. Phyllis Trible

Co-sponsored with Wisdom Ways Resource Center for Spirituality of the College of St. Catherine.

"Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Ages"

    October 9, 2003
    Presenter: Dr. Richard E. Rubenstein

Presented in cooperation with Ruminator Books.

"Confronting Illness: Finding Meaning, Comfort, 
and Guidance in Religious Tradition"

    October 13, 2003
    Presenter: Dr. Laurence A. Savett

"How Church and Synagogue Read Scripture Differently"

    October 20-21, 2003
    Presenter: Dr. Amy-Jill Levine

"The Legacy of Jesus for Jews and Christians"

    October 21, 2003
    Presenter: Dr. Amy-Jill Levine

Co-sponsored with the Kairos Center for Continuing Education at Luther Seminary.

"Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews"

    October 23, 2003
    Presenter: Dr. Melvin J. Konner

Presented in cooperation with Ruminator Books.

"Faith Transformed: Christian Encounter with Jews and Judaism"

    October 27 and 30, 2003
       Presenters: Dr. Alice L. Eckardt
                            Dr. John C. Merkle

Sponsored by the Literary Arts and Project Logos.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Trip
       
    October 29, 2003

"Surviving the Holocaust: Fulfilling a Dream"

    November 13, 2003
    Presenter: Dr. Sabina Z. Zimering

Mark and Muriel Wexler Lecture
Created by Mark and Muriel Wexler for special educational programs.

Cosponsored with the Women's Lives Series at the College of Saint Benedict.

2004......................................

"The Decalogue: A Film Series"

    Jan. 29     “I am the Lord thy God; Thou shalt not have other gods before me.”
                     Respondents: Dr. Paula Cooey and Rabbi Barry Cytron

    Feb. 5    "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.”
                    Respondents: Rabbi Alan Shavit-Lonstein and Rev. Pat Malone, S.J.

    Feb. 12    "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." 
                    Respondents: Rabbi Adam Spilker and Rev. John Marboe

    Feb. 19    "Honor thy Father and thy Mother."
                    Respondents: Rabbi Esther Adler-Rephan and Rev. Cindy Ray

    Feb. 26    "Thou shalt not kill.
                     Respondents: Rabbi Morris Allen and Rev. Jack Drier

    Mar. 4     "Thou shalt not commit adultry"           
                     Respondents: Rabbi Adam Spilker and Rev. Ted Neuhaus

    Mar. 11    "Thou shalt not steal"
                     Respondents: Rabbi Alan Shavit-Lonstein & Rev. John F. Anderson

    Mar. 18     "Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor.
                      Respondents: Rabbi Barry Cytron & Dr. Corrine Patten

    Mar. 25    "Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s wife.
                      Respondents: Rabbi Esther Adler-Rephan and Rev. Richard Johnson

    Apr. 1        "Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s goods.”
                       Respondents: Rabbi Adam Stock-Spilker & Rev. Linda Loving

Sponsored in cooperation with St. Paul area Churches and Synagogues.

"Hollywood, the Jews, and the Passion of Jesus"

    March 15, 2004
    Presenters: Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                        Dr. John C. Merkle
                        Dr. Vincent M. Smiles

Jewish film Festival of the Twin Cities
"The Power of Good"
    March 18, 2004

"Rosenstrasse"
     March 25, 2004

"Religious Pluralism in America: 
The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal"

    March 20-30, 2004
    Presenter:  Dr. William R. Hutchison

Annual Jewish-Christian Seminar  

"The Misuse of Religion: Dealing with Challenging Texts"

    April 15, 2004
    Presenters: Rabbi Esther Adler-Rephan
                        Dr. Frederick Gaiser
                        Dr. Lois Malcolm
                        Earl Schwartz

Co-sponsored with Luther Seminary and the Jewish Community Relations Council.

"Parents Circle: an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue"

    April 19, 2004
    Presenters: Members of Parents Circle

Co-sponsored with the Archdiocesan Commission on Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs.

"Animating the Biblical Experience:
A Training in the Art and Craft of Conducting Bibliodrama"

        May 31 - June 4, 2004
        Presenter: Dr. Peter A. Pitzele

Rabbi Max A. Shapiro Lecture
How We Actually Live our Faith

    September 21, 2004
    Presenter: Dr. Alan Wolfe

Co-sponsored with Luther Seminary and the Department of Theology of the University of St. Thomas.

Jesus as Action Hero: How Gibson's Passions Let to Gibson's "Passion"

    October 4, 2004
     Presenter: Dr. Harry Brod

The Holiness of the Imagination

Through the Looking Glass: Imagining Redemption

    October 19, 2004
    Presenter: Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

Silences Within The Stories Where Poetry Lives

    October 19, 2004
    Presenter Dr. Marie Howe

Etty Hillesum Book Study: A Five Part Series

Session I – Etty Hillesum in Context: Her World, World War II, Westerbork

    October 11, 2004
     Presenter Dr. Stephen Feinstein

Session II – A Guided Reflection on the Diaries of Etty Hillesum

    October 25, 2004
    Presenter: Dr.William McDonough

Session III – Etty Hillesum: A Thinking Artist

    November 8, 2004
    Presenter: Dr. Rachel Feldhay Brenner

Session IV – A Guided Reflection on the Letters of Etty Hillesum

    November 22, 2004
    Presenters: Drs. William McDonough and Leslie Morris

Session V – "Dear God, these are anxious times" (Hillesum, July 12, 1942).

    December 6, 2004
    Presenters: Rabbi  Barry Cytron and Mary Kaye Medinger

Co-Sponsored with the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Center for Jewish Studies, Hillel: The Jewish Student Center, University of Minnesota; Mount Zion Temple; and Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality, A Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

Jews and Catholics Celebrate the Capital City

    October 24, 2004
    Presenters:     Sr. Mary Christine Athans, B.V.M.
                            Mayor Larry Cohen
                            Theodore Collins, J.D.
                            Alan Ruvelson
                            Dr. Linda Schloff
                            Dr. Mary Wingert
 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

     October 26, 2004

2005......................................

20th Annual Jewish-Christian Seminar  

Extraordinary Reconciliation

    March 29, 2005
    Presenters: Dr. Hilde Fromm Gasiorowicz
                        Dr. Janet Ramsey

Co-sponsored with Luther Seminary.

What's New About Old Hatreds?

    April 12, 13, 2005
    Presenters:   Dr. Hyman Berman
                          Rev. Mark Massa, S.J.

Helen Phillips Levin Lectureship

Co-sponsored with the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas and the theology departments of the University of St. Thomas and the College of St. Benedict and Saint John's University.

 Interfaith Dialogue Project

Sounds of Worship in the Abrahamic Traditions

    April 17, 2005
    Narrators:  Rabbi Stacy Offner
                        Rev. Deborah Manning
                        Dr. Fatma Reda 

    Musicologist and Director:  Dr. Merritt Nequette

    Presenters: Cantors and Choirs from Adath Jeshurun Congregation and Beth El Synagogue
                        Plymouth Congregational Bell Choir
                        Schola Choir of Saint Benedict’s Monastery
                        St. Paul Vocal Forum
                        The Walker Singers
                        Participants of Masjid An-Nur (Mosque of the Light).

Sponsored by the Interfaith Dialogue Project: Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Islamic Center of Minnesota, Islamic Institute of Minnesota, Jay Phillips Center for Jewish-Christian Learning, Luther Seminary, Plymouth Congregational Church, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, and WomenSpirit.

When Patriotism Becomes Toxic: A Personal Story

May 12, 2005
Irmgard Hunt

Co-sponsored with Mount Zion Temple.

"Animating the Biblical Experience:
A Training in the Art and Craft of Conducting Bibliodrama"

           June 13-17, 2005
           Presenter: Dr. Peter A. Pitzele

"On a Journey to Interfaith Harmony
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Nostra Aetate"
 

       Panel Discussion
         September 29, 2005
       Panelists:  Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                            Dr. Hamdy El-Sawaf
                            Fr. Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv.
                            Dr. John C. Merkle
                            Rev. Dr. Marilyn J. Salmon

Co-sponsored with the Commission for Ecumenism and Interfaith Affairs of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the Department of Theology of the University of St. Thomas.
   

        Film Series
        November 7, 2005     I am Joseph Your Brother
        November 14            John Paul II: the Millennial Pope (Part II: the Pope and the Jews)
        November 21            Sister Rose's Passion

Co-sponsored with Mount Zion Temple, and the following Catholic parishes: Cathedral of St. Paul, Church of St. Cecelia )St. Paul), Church of St. Pascal Baylon (St. Paul), Corpus Christi Catholic Church (Roseville), Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (Maplewood), and St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church (Roseville).

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Trip
       
    October 26, 2005

"New Images for a New Millennium: a Catholic View of the Jewish People, the Holy Land, and the State of Israel "

        October 27, 2005
        Presenter:  Dr. Richard  C. Lux

Sidney R. Cohen Lectureship
Co-sponsored with the Ecumenical and Cultural Research at Saint John's University.

Ave Maria in Auschwitz
The True Story of a Jewish Girl from Poland

    October 31, 2005
     Presenter:  Felicia Karo Weingarten

Mark and Muriel Wexler Lectureship
Co-sponsored with the Department of Theology of the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University.

"How Christmas Got to be This Way--For Christians and Jews "

        November 8 & 10, 2005
        Presenter:  Rev. Dr. Bruce D. Forbes

Helen Phillips Levin Lecture
Co-sponsored with Luther Seminary and the Department of Theology of the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University.

2006......................................

"Pathways To God: Judaism, Christianity and Islam"

        March 14 - May 23, 2006   
        Presenters: Rabbi Esther Adler
                            Dr. Jon Armajani
                            Dr. Bernard Brady
                            Rabbi Aaron Brusso   
                            Reverend J. Michael Byron,
                            Dr. Hamdy El-Sawaf
                            Reverend J. Michael Joncas
                            Dr. Adil Ozdemir
                            Ms. Kathleen Tomlin
                            Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman

Co-sponsored with the University of St. Thomas Center for Senior Citizens' Education.

Annual Jewish-Christian Seminar
"Luther and the Jews: From Diatribe to Dialogue"
        April 17, 2006
         Presenter:        Dr. Darrell Jodock
         Respondents:  Rev. M. Susan Peterson
                                  Rabbi Adam spilker

Co-sponsored with Luther Seminary.

Rabbi Max A. Shapiro Lectureship
"Jews, Christians, and the State of Israel"

        May 18, 2006
        Presenter: Abraham H. Foxman

Annual Saint Paul Seminary Preaching Symposium
"Jews, Christians and the Gospels:
Replacing Barriers with Bridges"

     October 9-10, 2006
        Presenter: Fr. Michael Mc Garry, C.S.P.
        Respondents:  Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                                 Fr. Paul Feela
                                 Rev. Marilyn Salmon
 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Trip
       
    October 17, 2006
 

"Boenhoffer and the Jews:
Post-Holocaust Perspectives"

    October 24-25, 2006
      Presenter: Dr. Steven R. Haynes

 "From Edgardo to Today and Tomorrow"
(Based on the play Edgardo Mine)

      November 7, 21, 28, 2006
      Instructors: Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
                           Fr. Michael O'Connell

 "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara"

    November 11, 2006
      Dr. David Kertzer
   

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