January 2019 Newsletter
Dear Friends of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies:

I hope this newsletter finds you well. Below you can find information about our upcoming programs. This February, we will welcome members of the CCJS advisory board to campus. The board will review current CCJS program goals and discuss plans for future academic events. Board members will also participate in two public programs, which are detailed below.

For those who were unable to attend the Nov. 25th Eternal Light program, which featured Dr. Philip Cunningham, you may be interested in watching the highlight video, included in this email. You can also read my report on the event , which was featured on the website of the International Council of Christians and Jews. We hope to see you soon.

Respectfully,

Dr. Matthew Tapie
Director, Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies,
& Assistant Professor of Theology

Dr. Philip Cunningham receives Eternal Light Award
Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld to speak at
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Tampa

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18th
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. | Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Tampa
On Monday, February 18th, Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld, Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago, will give a talk at Congregation Rodeph Sholom . Dr. Schoenfeld is the author of Isaac on Jewish & Christian Altars: Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa Ordinar ia (pictured below). Her research interests include medieval Bible commentaries, and Jewish-Christian relations, and she has also published on dream interpretation in the Talmud, and on proofs for the existence of God in medieval Jewish philosophy. A dessert reception will follow Dr. Schoenfeld's presentation. The event is free, and open to the public. Please RSVP below.
Traditions in Dialogue:
The Next Steps in Catholic-Jewish Relations

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19th
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Student Center Boardrooms, Saint Leo University
The Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies invites you to an 11:30am luncheon, and 12:30pm scholarly panel discussion entitled, Traditions in Dialogue: The Next Steps in Catholic-Jewish Relations. How should Catholics and Jews study together in order to build mutual respect and understanding? A question and answer session will provide students, faculty, and members of the community time for discussion with five members of the CCJS advisory board. The luncheon and event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP below.
Dr. Kevin Hughes is Associate Professor at Villanova University. He is the author of  Constructing Antichrist: Paul, Biblical Commentary, and the Development of Doctrine in the Early Middle Ages ,  and  Church History: Faith Handed On , along with articles in  Modern Theology ,  Theological Studies ,  Franciscan Studies , and the  Heythrop Journal . His work on the 20th-century ressourcement theologian Henri de Lubac appears in  Reading Scripture as a Political Act   and the  T&T Clark Companion to Henri de Lubac .
Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill is the Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair for Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, where he teaches Jewish studies in the graduate program. He is the author of Judaism and Other Religions: Models Of Understanding , and Judaism and World Religions . Dr. Brill just completed a book tentatively entitled “Rabbi on The Ganges: A Jewish Hindu Encounter." He is active in the Jewish interfaith encounter with Catholics, Muslims, and Hindus.
Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld  is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago. She has previously taught at St. Mary's College of Maryland, at University of California Davis, and at the Conservative Yeshiva. She is the author of Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars: Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and in the Glossa Ordinaria . Her research interests include medieval Bible commentaries and Jewish-Christian relations.
Dr. John Borelli is special assistant for Catholic identity and dialogue to President John J. DeGioia of Georgetown University, a post he has held since 2004. For sixteen years, he was the associate director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, serving as interim director from 2001 to 2002. Dr. Borelli was a consultor to the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue for 17 years. 
Rabbi James Rudin is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religion and Judaica at Saint Leo University. He is also the American Jewish Committee's Senior Interreligious Adviser. Rabbi Rudin participated in eleven meetings with Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. In April 2008, he was chosen by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops to respond to Pope Benedict XVI’s address to Jewish leaders in Washington, DC. His latest book is Pillar of Fire: A Biography of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise .
Interview of Dr. Philip Cunningham available on Daily Theology Podcast
The interview of Dr. Philip Cunningham, which was recorded during his November 2018 visit to the CCJS, is now available on the Daily Theology Podcast page . Click here to listen. Many thanks to Dr. Steve Okey, Assistant Professor of Theology at Saint Leo University, for conducting the interview.
Faculty News
On January 8th, 2019, Dr. Matthew Tapie delivered a lecture at an academic roundtable on Jewish-Christian relations at Saint Joseph University's Institute for Catholic-Jewish Relations. Dr. Tapie's presentation was entitled, "The Five Ways of Christ’s Fulfillment of the Law in St. Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on Matthew, and its Relevance for the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue."
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