IJCR Videos

Theologies of Christian-Jewish Relations

Turning Suffering into Love: The Bible's Moral Revolution. Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Shai Held. April 6, 2024.
Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism. Speaker: Dr. Magda Teter. February 21, 2024.
The Bible, the Rabbis, and Jewish-Gentile Relations. Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn. November 7, 2023.
Christian-Jewish Relations and Black Christian Thought: Shared Insights and Challenges. Speaker: Prof. Andrew Prevot. October 24, 2023.
The Catholic Conflict over Vatican II and Its Implications for Relations with Jews. Speaker: Prof. Massimo Faggioli, September 11, 2023.
Christianity and Judaism in a "Post-Religious" and "Post-Physicalist" World . Speaker: Dr. Paolo Gamberini, SJ. February 16, 2023.
"Strangers No More, but Brothers and Sisters": The Revolution in Catholic-Jewish Relations." Speakers: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham and Dr. Adam Gregerman. Inaugural Faith and Dialogue Symposium. Villanova University. January 31, 2023.
Building Bridges between Jews and Catholics. Speakers: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham and Dr. Adam Gregerman. AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast with host Mike Jordan Laskey. January 25, 2023.
Catholic Teaching about and Relations with Jews since World War II. Speaker: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. Oxford Interfaith Program. January 23, 2023.
Is Catholic Dialogue with Jews Really "On a Different Level than with Other Religions"? Speaker: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. Boston College, October 27, 2022
Why Is the Jewish Identity of Jesus Significant for Christians AND for Jews?. Speakers: Rabbi Dr. Jehoschua Ahrens, Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, Rev. Dr. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Rabbi Dr. Ruth Langer. September 13, 2022.
Maxims for Mutuality: Principles for Catholic Preaching, Teaching, and Education about Jews and Judaism. Speaker: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. Responses: Dr, Benjamin Sax and Dr. Elena Procario-Foley. October 31, 2021.
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (webinar). Speakers: Martin Doblmeier, Susannah Heschel, Abraham Skorka, Phillip Cunningham. March 15, 2021.
Dialogue as an 'Exchange of Gifts': How the Catholic-Jewish Rapprochement Can Enrich American Society (webinar). Speakers: Rev. Dr. Walter Kedjierski, Rabbi David Straus. September 14, 2020.
Catholics, Jews, and the Issues of Our Time (webinar). Speakers: Archbishop Nelson Pérez, Rabbi Abraham Skorka. July 28, 2020.
Moving toward Mutuality: Five Plus Decades on the Catholic-Jewish "Journey of Friendship" (webinar with Villa Maria). Speaker: Dr. Philip Cunningham. July 16, 2020.
Remembering a Momentous Moment: The Meeting of Pope John XXIII and Prof. Jules Isaac (webinar with the Bea Centre). Dr. Mary C. Boys, SNJM, Rabbi Dr. Irving Greenberg. June 11, 2020.
"'The Two Popes': A Discussion of the Film" (Woolf Institute Webinar). Speakers: Dr. Philip Cunningham, Dr. Gemma Simmonds. April 30, 2020.
Tracing the Amazing Transformation of Catholic-Jewish Relations (AIFL Webinar). Speakers: Dr. Philip Cunningham, Rabbi David Rosen. April 13, 2020.
Jewish Views of Islam and the Religions of Asia . Speakers: Rabbi Abraham Skorka (responses:) Dr. Umeyye Isra Yazicioglu, Dr. David Carpenter. February 10, 2020.
Jewish Views of Christianity. Speakers: Rabbi Abraham Skorka (responses:) Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Dr Gerard Jacobitz. January 27, 2020.
The Challenges of Post-Supersessionism in Contemporary Christianity (Wycliffe College). Speaker: Dr. Adam Gregerman. May 9, 2019.
The Next Steps in Catholic Jewish Relations: Two Perspectives (Providence College). Speakers: Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. April 19, 2019.
Moving Toward Mutuality? – Challenges in Catholic-Jewish Relations (Saint Leo University). Speaker: Philip A. Cunningham. October 25, 2018.
Orthodox Jews and the Catholic Church. Speakers: Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn. November 9, 2017.
Jews and Lutherans after 500 Years. Speaker: Rev. Dr. Brooks Schramm. October 25, 2017.
Theological Reflections on Catholic-Jewish Relations Fifty Years after Nostra Aetate (Providence College). Speakers: Dr. Philip Cunningham, Rabbi Daniel Lehmann. April 4, 2016.
Newest Statements on the C-J Relationship. Speakers: Rabbi Dr. Ruth Langer, Rabbi Dr. David Sandmel, Dr. Elena Procario-Foley. February 24, 2016.
Jewish-Christian Relations for the Present Time. Rev Dr. Peter A. Pettit , Dr. Elena Procario-Foley, Rabbi Dr. Ruth Sandberg. October 11, 2015.
The Church and the Jews Fifty Years after Vatican II (University of Scranton). Speakers: Rabbi Dr. David Berger, Dr Philip A. Cunningham. May 7, 2015.
Learning in the Presence of the Other: Deepening Dialogue between Catholics and Jews. Speakers: Mary C. Boys, Sara S. Lee. February 26, 2015.
Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Vision for a New Jewish-Christian Relationship. Speaker: Dr. Susannah Heschel. December 2, 2014.
What Can Catholics and Jews Say to Each Other Today?: Re-imagining Two Landmark Documents. Speakers: Rev. Dr. John Crossin, Rabbi Dr. David Fox Sandmel. November 4, 2014.
The People Israel, Christianity, and the Covenantal Responsibility to History . Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn (responses:) Rabbi Richard Hirsch, Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. February 22, 2011.

Institute Historic Moments

“A Genuine Gift of God”: The 50th Anniversary of the Institute’s Very First Program. Speakers: Rev. Dr. Dennis McManus, Rabbi A. James Rudin. March 5, 2017.
Pope Francis blesses "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time" sculpture at SJU. September 27, 2015.
50 Years of a Journey of Friendship: The Golden Jubilee of Nostra Aetate and the Dedication of "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time." September 25, 2015.

Interreligious Relations Nationally and Internationally

How Christians Imagined Muslims as the Enemy Just Like Jews. Speaker: Dr. David Freidenreich. November 11, 2024.
From Distinction to Discrimination: The Fraught History of Moses' Horns. Speaker: Dr. Asa Mittman. March 14, 2024.
Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age: Jews, Noahides, and an Imagined Third Temple. Speaker: Dr. Rachel Feldman. April 27, 2023.
American Catholic Attitudes toward Jews, Judaism, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Speakers: Drs. Kirill Bumin, Philip Cunningham, Adam Gregerman, and Motti Inbari. March 22, 2023.
From Anti-Judaism to Contemporary Antisemitism: Continuities and Discontinuities. Speakers: Dr. Adam Gregerman, Dr. Lev Topol. International Council of Christians and Jews. February 5, 2023.
A Call to U.S. Churches to Confront Antisemitism and Stress Jesus' Jewishness. Speakers: Drs. Adam Gregerman and Philip Cunningham on a Statement by the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations. December 19, 2022.
The Current State of Jewish Interreligious Relations: A Global Perspective. Speaker: Rabbi Dr. David Fox Sandmel. November 14, 2022.
Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front. Speaker: Dr. Charles R. Gallagher, SJ. February 7, 2022.
Sacred Scripture and the Threat of History: Jews, Christians, and the Origins of Modern Biblical Scholarship . Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Fisher. October 21, 2021.
Profits and Prophets: Public Economic Policies in the Light of Jewish and Catholic Social Ethics. Drs. Nancy Fox and James O'Sullivan. September 13, 2021.
Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations. Drs. Philip Cunningham and Adam Gregerman discuss co-writing an article with project leaders Dr. Kathy Ehrensperger and Juni Hoppe. December 1, 2020.
American Antisemitism in Historical Perspective. Dr. Jonathan Sarna; (responses:) Dr. Heather Miller-Rubens, Rabbi Dr. Lance Sussman (offered in collaboration with the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations). October 25, 2020.
Did the Bible Sanction Slavery? Speaker: Dr. Paul Finkelman. November 6, 2019.
Suffering Citizens: Past Traumas in Jewish and African American Youth Literature. Speaker: Dr. Jodi Eichler Levine. October 23, 2019.
Science and Religion: Contradictory or Complementary? Speakers: Rabbi Abraham Skorka (response:) Dr. Gerard Jacobitz. March 4, 2019.
Interreligious Complexities of Abortion Debate. Speakers: Rabbi Abraham Skorka (response:) Dr. Marvin J. H. Lee, Ph.D. February 25, 2019.
The Perils of Polarized Public Discourse. Speakers: Rabbi Abraham Skorka (response: Dr. James Caccamo). February 18, 2019.
Jewish-Christian Dialogue and Dialogue with Other Religions: Are They Complementary? Speaker: Rev. Dr. Peter Phan. November 12, 2018.
Interreligious Service of Solidarity in memory of the eleven victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. October 29, 2018.
Quarantine in the Prague Ghetto: Jewish-Christian Relations in a Time of Plague. Speaker: Dr. Joshua Teplitsky. November 10, 2016.
International Religious Pluralism (ICCJ). Speakers: L. Apotheker, Dr. P. Bargar, Rev. Dr. M. Trainor, Rabbi S. Szteinhendler, Dr. D. Weissman. July 13, 2016.
The Jewish Experience of the American Experiment (ICCJ). Speakers: Dr. Jonathan Sarna (responses:) Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, Dr. Volker Haarmann. July 12, 2016.
The Muslim Experience of the American Experiment (ICCJ). Speakers: Dr. Mehnaz Afridi (responses:) Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sarna, Dr. Volker Haarmann. July 12, 2016.
The Christian Majority in the USA: Tolerance, Intolerance, and Competition (ICCJ). Speakers: Dr. David M. Krueger, Dr. Kate Oxx, Dr. Terry Rey, Dr. David Watt. July 11, 2016.
Conversation among Jews, Christians, and Muslims since Vatican II . Speakers: Rabbi Dr. Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Anse Tamara Gray, Dr. Philip Cunningham. January 28, 2013.
The Lessons of Kristallnacht for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations Today. Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Mark Winer. November 14, 2012.

Jesus, Early Church, Early Rabbinic Judaism, Scripture

Easter Week Reflections on the Gospel of John. Speaker: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Eastern University. April 12, 2023.
The Pharisees: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us. Speakers: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Rev. Dr. Joseph Sievers. Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, February 6, 2023.
Getting Away from Anti-Jewish Ideas about the Death of Jesus. Speaker: Dr. Jesper Svartvik. March 3, 2022.
The Bible and the Believer: How to Read the Bible Critically and Religiously. Speakers: Dr. Marc Brettler, Dr. Peter Enns, Dr. Mark Smith. November 8, 2021.
The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently. Speakers: Dr. Marc Brettler, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine. January 31, 2021.
Jews and Pharisees: Reality versus Portrayal in Christian Preaching (Iona College). Speakers: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Rabbi Abraham Skorka. September 18, 2019.
The Pharisees as a Textbook Case: Their Presentation in Catholic Religion Textbooks (Pontifical Biblical Institute). Speaker: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. May 9, 2019.
When Christians Were Jews. Speaker: Dr. Paula Fredriksen. October 18, 2018.
The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination. Speaker: Dr. Daniel Langton. September 26, 2017.
Paul’s Theology and Christian Anti-Judaism (ICCJ). Speakers: Dr. E. P. Sanders, Rev. Dick Pruiksma, Dr. Adele Reinhartz. July 12, 2016.
Moses Maimonides and His Controversial Legacy. Speaker: Rabbi Alan Iser. November 12, 2012
Cursing the Christians? A History of the Birkat HaMinim. Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Ruth Langer. February 27, 2012.
The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. Speaker: Dr. Amy-Jill Levine. November 17, 2009.
Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Discoveries, and the Quest for Religious Truth. Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Schiffman. March 5, 2007.

Pope Francis

Hanukkah, Christmas and the State of the World. Speakers: Pope Francis and Rabbi Abraham Skorka. December 11, 2019.
Reunion on the Tenth Anniversary of the Publication of On Heaven and Earth. Speakers: Pope Francis and Rabbi Abraham Skorka. November 19, 2019.
Pope Francis and Rabbi Abraham Skorka on the Importance of Interreligious Dialogue for Them Personally. June 14, 2017.
Pope Francis blesses "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time" sculpture at SJU. September 27, 2015.
Pope Francis addresses the International Council of Christians and Jews. (IJCR director invites him to SJU.) June 30, 2015.

Shoah (Holocaust)

The Theological Meaning of Humani Generis Unitas. Speaker: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. Delivered at the international conference "New Documents from the Pontificate of Pope Pius XII and their Meaning for Jewish-Christian Relations." Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. October 19, 2023.
Pope Pius XII: The Portrait Emerging from Vatican (and Other) Archives. Speaker: Dr. David I. Kertzer. October 19, 2022.
Antisemitism, Christianity and the Holocaust: Reckoning with the Past and Working in the Present. Speakers: Dr. Rebecca Carter-Chand, Dr. Philip Cunningham, Dr. Benjamin Sax, Rev. Dr. Kate Sonderegger (The National Cathedral | US Holocaust Memorial Museum). October 14, 2021.
Questions about the Holocaust the Vatican’s World War II Archives Could Help Answer. Speaker: Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming. November 9, 2020.
Transcending Trauma 75 Years after Kristallnacht: Survivor Stories, the Search for Meaning, and Attitudes toward Perpetrators. Speakers: Dr. Bea Hollander-Goldfein, Dr. Nancy Isserman. November 7, 2013.

State of Israel

The Middle East from a Catholic Perspective. Speaker: Russ McDougall, CSC. October 21, 2024. (coming soon)
Understanding Multiple Narratives about Israel-Palestine. Speaker: Dr. Ilan Troen. September 16, 2024.
The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on Jewish-Catholic Relations. Speaker: Dr. Philip Cunningham. Delivered at the Cleveland Catholic-Jewish Colloquium, April 9, 2024.
"Til Kingdom Come": A Film about Christian Evangelicals and Israel . Speakers: Dr. Yaakov Ariel, Dr. Caitlin Carenen. May 3, 2021.
Interreligious Dialogue about the Land: Development and Diversity. Speakers: Rabbi Dr. Ruth Langer, Rev. Dr. David Neuhaus, Rev. Dr Jesper Svartvik, Dr. Deborah Weissman, Dr. Philip Cunningham (in cooperation with the International Council of Christians and Jews). February 21, 2021.
How Should We Approach Jerusalem? A Jewish-Christian Dialogue (Lux Center, Sacred Heart Seminary & School of Theology). Speakers: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Rabbi Dr. Ruth Langer. February 3, 2021.
Enabling Dialogue about the Land: A Resource Book for Jews and Christians (book launch). Speakers: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Dr. Adam Gregerman, Rabbi Dr. Ruth Langer, Rev. Dr. Jesper Svartvik, host: Anette Adelmann. November 23, 2020.
Fulfilling the Promise of a New Relationship: A Public Roundtable on Covenant and the Land. Speakers: Dr. Gavin D’Costa, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine. January 8, 2019.
The Catholic Church and Israel. Speaker: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham. April 16, 2018.
Mainline Protestant Churches and Israel. Speaker: Rev. Dr. Peter A. Pettit. March 19, 2018.
Evangelical Protestantism and Israel. Speaker: Rev. Dr. Gerald R. McDermott. February 19, 2018.
The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue in Service of Peace in Israel. Speakers: Rabbi Ron Kronish, Mayor Issa Jabber. October 26, 2016.
Where We Live, What We Believe: Thinking about Israel, Palestine, and the Churches in Context . Speakers: Rev. Dr. Robert Cathey, Rev Dr. Jean-Pierre Ruiz. October 9, 2016.
Painful Hope: A Palestinian and a Settler Rabbi Talk Peace. Speakers: Antwan Saca, Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger. September 13, 2016.
Christian Biblical Interpretations of the Modern Jewish Return to the Land of Israel (Catholic Theological Union). Speaker: Dr. Adam Gregerman. November 10, 2014.
Relations between the State of Israel and the Holy See: 1993 to the Present. Speaker: Rev. Dr. John T. Pawlikowski. October 4, 2012.
Israel at 60: ‘Promised Land’ for Jews and Christians. Speakers: Dr. Eugene Fisher, Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn. March 5, 2008.

"Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time" Sculpture

How Jews Have Been Portrayed in Christian Art. Speaker: Dr. Clare Renkin (webinar from Sisters of Sion, Australia). October 12, 2020.
Designing and Creating “Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time." Speaker: Sculptor Joshua Koffman. October 18, 2018.
Pope Francis blesses "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time" sculpture at SJU. September 27, 2015.
50 Years of a Journey of Friendship: The Golden Jubilee of Nostra Aetate and the Dedication of "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time." September 25, 2015.