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Psalm 136: Hesed as Praxis 

OXFORD INTERFAITH FORUM Psalms in Interfaith Contexts Reading Group Dr Jodi Porter, Director of Education for Ministry Innovation at Acadia Divinity College, Canada This session will explore the enduring significance of Psalm 136 through the lenses of hesed and praxis. For the bulk of our time together, we will explore possible practical implications of hesed for faith communities by connecting …

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“Prayer, Ritual, and Silence: The Psalms as Worship in Biblical Scholarship and the Study of Religion”

The Fleischman Endowed Lecture of 2025.The Judaic Studies Program at George Washington University Benjamin Sommer is Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Senior Fellow at the Kogod Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He will discuss the ways modern understandings of prayer influenced biblical critical scholarship on the …

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Shoulder to Shoulder: : Building Coalitions to Challenge Islamophobia

Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies Islamophobia—the irrational fear or discrimination against Islam and Muslims—is a widespread problem that leads to hate crimes, bullying, violence, and anti-Muslim legislation undermining civil rights. The Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign, a national multifaith coalition, is at the forefront of efforts to combat this hate and promote justice. Nina …

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Antisemitism, Israel and the limits of anti-discrimination law (UK context)

In this talk, Matthew Bolton will explore how UK anti-discrimination law has constructed Jewish identity as a mode of ‘ethnicity.’ He will argue that the structure of law encourages the essentialisation or dehistoricisation of Jewish identity. This hinders the law’s ability to grasp the role played by the concept of a Jewish state in the …

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“To Touch the World Together: Why Jews and Christians Need a New Doctrine of Creation”

Boston College’s Center for Christian-Jewish Learning’s 12th Annual John Paul II Lecture in Christian-Jewish Relations Willie James Jennings, Yale University Jews and Christians are joined by a shared recognition that we are created by the same God. Yet that recognition has never been allowed to shape our moral and social imaginations. What should this shared …

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Uncommon Allies: American Jews and Christians Uniting Against Hitler

Alan Shore Presented by Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Theology, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences This recently published work tells the story of the dawn of a new chapter in Jewish-Christian relations in America through the lens of four widely publicized and well-attended rallies at Madison Square Garden during the Nazi Era. These rallies brought together a …

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Catholic and Jewish Communities’ Reactions to Antisemitic Violence in Wartime Boston

Professor Laurel Leff will deliver the Genevieve Geller Wyner Annual Lecture at the the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society Join us for the Genevieve Geller Wyner Annual Lecture, in which Professor Laurel Leff, the JHC’s 2024 Genevieve Geller Wyner Research Fellow, will explore the tensions between Catholic and Jewish …

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