CCJU Perspective, Fall 2001

Highlights: Annual Seminarians\u27 Institute -- Letters -- News and notes: Chief Rabbi of the Ukraine & the Pope pray at Babi Yar; Pope\u27s Mea Culpa one year later; Rabbi Leon Klenicki retires; Father John F. Hotchkin dies; Cardinal Cassidy retires; Congressional Medal of Honor for Cardinal O\u27Connor; Pope insists on end to Middle East violence; U.S. Bishops make appeal to Israelis and Palestinians; Statement by Cardinal William H. Keeler on the Catholic-Jewish Holocaust Scholars group; Islamic Conference told to stress education; Cardinal Ratzinger writes of a New Vision ; Jews revisit Jesus; Jews views on Christianity, a 1968 document; Dr. Coppola speaks to priests\u27 group; Rabbi Ehrenkranz returns to Canada -- Pope Pius XII and the Jews, [by] Rabbi David G. Dalin -- Academics: Holocaust survivor speaks at Sacred Heart University -- Nostra Aetate, December 5, 2000: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman -- Book reviews.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1003/thumbnail.jp

CCJU Perspective, Fall 1999

Highlights: Fourth Annual Nostra Aetate Awards: The Unfinished Agenda -- CCJU Sets Conferences -- News and Notes: Cardinal O\u27Connor\u27s Letter; Holocaust Remembrance Day; B\u27Nai B\u27rith Makes Donation; Lecture at Seymour Hollander House; CCJU Book Release; Looking Towards the Future -- The Papal Forest -- Academics -- Catholics and Jews Confront the Holocaust and Each Other / by Eugene J. Fisher -- 1974 Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate -- Crosscurrents.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1002/thumbnail.jp

CCJU Perspective, Spring 1999

Highlights: Nostra Aetate Awards Ceremony and Lecture -- Dr. Mary Boys Speaks -- Executive Summary of Nostra Aetate Lectures -- Then and Now: 10 Advances in Catholic-Jewish Understanding Since Nostra Aetate -- Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions: Nostra Aetate -- Crosscurrents -- Book Reviews.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1001/thumbnail.jp

Nostra Aetate Awards Ceremony and Lecture, October 20, 1998

On October 20,1998, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding honored His Eminence Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger and Chief Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat with the prestigious Nostra Aetate Award. Presenting the awards were Dr. Samuel Pisar and His Eminence John Cardinal O’Connor. The event took place at the Sutton Place Synagogue, New York City and was emceed by Mitchell Krauss, former CBS news correspondent. As part of the CCJU Awards Ceremony, Cardinal Lustiger and Chief Rabbi Sirat each delivered a paper, both of which, in addition to Dr. Pisar’s and Cardinal O’Connor’s comments, are published here

CCJU Perspective, Winter 1999

Highlights: The conference “Religion and Violence, Religion and Peace,” held in Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on May 18-20,1998 was sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding [and other organizations] -- David L. Coppola, Ph.D. named Director of Conferences and Publications -- New SHU campus at Stamford -- The Challenge of Conflict Prevention, address given by Secretary General to the United Nations, Kofi Annan -- Iman W. Deen Mohammed and Cardinal Francis speak about religion, education, peace and social justice --CCJU Executive Summary of Conference at Auschwitz.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1000/thumbnail.jp

What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Us?

Based on five conferences, \u27What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Us, held in Jerusalem (2000) on theological traditions; in Edmonton, Canada (2000) on historical traditions; in Rome, Italy (2001) on prayer and liturgy; in Bamberg, Germany (2002) on historical traditions; and in Fairfield, Connecticut (2003) on ethical traditions, and sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, in collaboration with the Elijah Interfaith Institute, Jerusalem; the Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education and Action, Canada; the University of Bamberg, Germany; and Sacred Heart University.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shupress_bks/1008/thumbnail.jp

Religion, Violence and Peace: Continuing Conversations and Study Guide

Continuing the conversation that began with the 1999 volume, Religion and Violence, Religion and Peace, this thought-provoking collection of essays also offers a Study Guide that explores the questions of violence and peace faced by people of the Abrahamic faiths. The essays in this work were presented by Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars at the 2003 conference, “Pathways to Peace in the Abrahamic Faiths,” sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Contributors include David L. Coppola, Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat, Adolphe Steg, Rabbi Rene Gutman, James G. Williams, Jean Dujardin, Azizah Al-Hibri, and Louay M. Safi.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shupress_bks/1009/thumbnail.jp