September 2018
Modern Slavery in Our Lives
There are more than 25,000,000 human beings in forced labor across the globe. The symposium - whose goal is to bring awareness to the issue of modern slavery - will offer a venue for distinguished guests and experts to discuss the facts of this crisis and solutions to it.
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Rabbi Dr. David Fox Sandmel Lecture
Rabbi Dr. David Fox Sandmel will present “Come Let Us Reason Together: Jewish Responses to the Catholic Church’s New Teachings on Judaism” at the 25th Monsignor John M. Oesterreicher Memorial Lecture on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7:00 pm. A scholar of Jewish-Christian relations and interfaith activist, Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Ph.D. has served as Director of Interreligious Engagement at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) since 2014. Before joining the ADL, he held the Crown-Ryan Chair in Jewish Studies at the…
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“The Next Generation: Will The Story Survive?”
Seton Hall University’s Bethany Hall, South Orange, 2 p.m. Panel composed of grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, followed by a reception. Program is Dr. Marcia Robbins Wilf Lecture of the university’s Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies. Register at shu.edu/go/robbinswilf.
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Police in the Nazi Period and Now
The Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program is pleased to invite educators and other interested individuals to attend the professional Teachers Study Day, “Police in the Nazi Period and Now,” on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm at Seton Hall University. Our first speaker, Dr. Peter Black, will review the tragic history of police action in Europe of the Nazi period. The second speaker, Dr. Maria Haberfeld, will focus on police education in the United States and describe some of…
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A Journey to Dialogue: The Sisters of Sion and Jewish-Christian Relations
Keynote speaker, Dr. Deutsch is a member of the Sisters of Sion, a small international Roman Catholic religious congregation with a presence in five continents. She will reflect on the Sisters' activities during World War II, particularly their participation in rescue efforts in the context of pre-War conversations occurring in Europe, mainly in France. Dr. Deutsch will follow their path through the tragic years of the Shoah to the hard work leading to the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and Nostra…
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