As the world commemorates the victims of Nazi genocide, scholars at Saint Joseph s University say the act of recalling history’s horrors “needs to be more than cognition.”
The eight-day Jewish festival, observed Nov. 28-Dec. 6 this year, “reminds us of the imperative to make room in our hearts for those who are different from us,
As antisemitic assaults spike across the country, Adam Gregerman and Philip Cunningham of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph s University stress the need to protect minorities and
An image of a passage from the Torah, part of the Jewish Scriptures. (Cottonbro/Pexels)
By Gina Christian • Posted February 10, 2021
Jews and Christians can learn from each other’s shared Scriptures, say two renowned academics and such dialogue can help to move a divisive society “from polemic to possibility.”
“At a time of tremendous incivility in the U.S., we felt it was really important to model how one could be civil in the most serious disagreements,” said Bible scholar Marc Zvi Brettler of Duke University during a Jan. 31 webinar hosted by the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations (IJCR) at Saint Joseph’s University.