Past Events

November 16, 2021

Faith, Justice and American Love: Reflecting on Judaism and Racial Justice

An event with Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein (Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor, Jewish Federations of North America). Co-sponsored by the Center at Moore Hall.

April 14, 2021

The Opening of the Pius XII Archives: What’s at Stake for Jews and Catholics?

A dialogue with Rabbi David Fox Sandmel (Vice-chair of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Relations and Senior Advisor on Interreligious Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League) and Professor Robert Ventresca (Professor of History at King’s University College at Western University and author of Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII)

October 29, 2020

Worship and Spirituality in the COVID Era: A Conversation Between a Catholic and a Jew

  • Deborah Johnson, Professor Emerita of Art History & Women’s Studies at Providence College and Cantor at Temple Sinai in Cranston, RI
  • Margaret Felice, Assistant Director of the Liturgy Arts Group at Boston College and active in Catholic music ministry

April 9, 2019

“The Next Steps in Catholic Jewish Relations: Two Perspectives”

Rabbi Abraham Skorka, friend and dialogue partner of Pope Francis
Philip Cunningham, Director of the Institute for Catholic-Jewish Relations at Saint Joseph’s University

November 4, 2018

“The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara: The Continuing Controversy”

David Kertzer, Brown University

October 25, 2017

“Supersessionism in Jewish-Christian Relations: An Unresolved Controversy”

Rabbi David Novak, University of Toronto
Thomas Joseph White, OP, The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

October 25, 2017

“Covenant of the Heart: Judaism’s Vision of a Relationship with God”

Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser, Temple Sinai (Cranston, RI)​

March 30, 2017

“Sons of Providence: The Jewish History of Providence College, 1917-1965”

Dr. Jennifer Illuzzi and Dr. Arthur Urbano, Providence College

November 3, 2016

​”2,000 Years, But Just Beginning”

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York​

April 4, 2016

​”Theological Reflections on Catholic-Jewish Relations Fifty Years after Nostra Aetate”

Dr. Philip Cunningham, Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University and
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, International Council of Christians and Jews & Hebrew College

April 5, 2016

​”Catholic-Jewish Relations Fifty Years after Nostra Aetate: Colloquium”

Dr. Philip Cunningham, Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University and
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, International Council of Christians and Jews & Hebrew College

November 30, 2015

​”My Forty-Year Journey: A Rabbi Reflects on the Impact of Vatican II and Jewish-Catholic Reconciliation”

Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Center for Interreligious Understanding & Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas

March 23, 2015

​”Explicit & Implicit Anti-Semitism: European Catholics before Vatican II”

John Connelly, University of California at Berkeley

Michael Zank, Boston University

March 23, 2015

​”Explicit & Implicit Anti-Semitism: European Catholics before Vatican II: Discussion”

John Connelly, University of California at Berkeley

Michael Zank, Boston University

November 5, 2014

​”The Mountain of Faith”

Rabbi James Rosenberg, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Habonim (Barrington, RI)

March 7, 2014

​”Image of God: Jewish & Catholic Perspectives”

Dianne Bergant, CSA, Catholic Theological Union

David Fox Sandmel, Catholic Theological Union

November 21, 2013

​”A Rabbi, a Priest, and an Imam Walk into a Room: The Victories and Challenges of Interreligious Dialogue​​”

Rabbi Michael Klein-Katz, Scholar in Residence, Temple Sinai (Cranston, RI)

April 23, 2012

​”Jewish Readings of the New Testament: What Do They Mean for Jewish-Catholic Relations?​​”

Adam Gregerman, Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations

Michael Peppard, Fordham University

November 10, 2011

​”My Children Have Vanquished Me! Decision-Making in Judaism​​”

Rabbi Wayne Franklin, Temple Emanu-El (Providence​​​, RI)

October 28, 2010

​”For the Sake of Heaven: Biblical and Rabbinic Lessons on How to Debate”

Rabbi Peter Stein, Temple Sinai (Cranston, RI)

March 18, 2010

​”Israel and the Priesthood: In Holy Scriptures and Today”

Rabbi Eugene Korn, North American Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation