The Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations is horrified by the wanton attack on Jews gathered for prayer in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh that occurred on Shabbat, October 27, 2018.
The member centers and institutes of the Council are united in condemning this atrocity as violating the moral norms of Judaism and Christianity, and as contrary to the fundamental right to the free exercise of religion under the Constitution of the United States.
The United States, home to the largest Diaspora Jewish community in the world, has consistently fostered sustained Christian-Jewish dialogue and collaborative research which has achieved profound levels of shared enrichment and understanding. This work of enhancing mutual understanding between Jews and Christians must continue with renewed vigor in the future.
November 1, 2018
Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership
Hebrew College, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Center for Theology & Ministry
Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois
Edward B. Brueggeman Center for Dialogue
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Committee
Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts
Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies
Saint Leo University, St. Leo, Florida
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations
Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts
Center for the Study of Values & Violence after Auschwitz
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Centre for Catholic-Jewish Learning
Kings University College, London, Ontario, Canada
Christian Jewish Relation and Encounter
Sisters of Sion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies
Iona College, New Rochelle, New York
Gratz College - Jewish Christian Studies Program
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hayyim Kieval Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies
Siena College, Loudonville, New York
Holocaust Education Resource Center
College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey
Institute for Islamic • Christian • Jewish Studies
Baltimore, Maryland
Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations
Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies
Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning
Saint John’s University – Collegeville, Minnesota
Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning
University of St. Thomas - St. Paul, Minnesota
Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange
Providence College, Providence, RI
Judaic and Catholic Studies Centers
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Kraft-Hiatt Program for Jewish-Christian Understanding
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Kripke Center for the Study of Religion & Society
Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
Lux Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies
Sacred Heart Seminary & School of Theology in Franklin, Wisconsin
Manhattan College Holocaust Resource Center
Manhattan College, New York City, New York
Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue
Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City, New York
Mobile Christian-Jewish Dialogue
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama
National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education
Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
New York City, New York