Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations FormedA coordinating council of 24 centers and institutes devoted to mutual understanding and cooperation between Christians and Jews has been formed in the U.S.A. Called the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations (CCJR), it will be headquartered at the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. News of the Council"s activities will be carried on the web site of the Boston center, www.bc.edu/cjlearning. Besides providing a vehicle for cooperation among its member institutions, the CCJR hopes to promote research and publication on the history, theology, and contemporary realities of Jewish-Christian relations. The Council is applying for membership in the International Council of Christians and Jews as a second U.S.A. member, along with the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly National Conference of Christians and Jews). Father John Pawlikowski, director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, has chaired the planning committee for the new Council. The other planning committee members are Rabbi Barry D. Cytron, director of the Jay Phillips Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, St. Paul, Minnesota; Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College; and Dr. Franklin Sherman, Associate for Interfaith Relations, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Permanent officers will be elected at the initial meeting of the new Council to be held at St. Mary"s Seminary in Baltimore on October 27-28, 2002. F.S.
Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations (U.S.A.)
Charter Members as of July 1, 2002
| Academic Council for Post-Holocaust Christian & Jewish Studies, University of Southern Maine Portland, Maine | Aurora University Center for Faith and Action
Aurora, Illinois | Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago, Illinois | Brueggeman Center for Interreligious Dialogue
Xavier University
Cincinnati Ohio | Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Committee
Stonehill College
Easton, Massachusetts | Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies
St. Leo"s University
St. Leo"s, Florida | Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, Connecticut | Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati, Ohio | Center for Interreligious Understanding
Secaucus, New Jersey | Center for Jewish-Christian Studies and Relations
General Theological Seminary
New York City, New York | Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations
Merrimack College
North Andover, Massachusetts | Christian Jewish Relation and Encounter
Sisters of Sion
Brooklyn, New York | Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies
Southfield, Michigan | Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute
New York City, New York | Hayyim Kieval Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies
Siena College
Loudonville, New York | Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies
Baltimore, Maryland | 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 Jewish-Christian Learning
University of St. Thomas - St. Paul, Minnesota
St. John"s University - Collegeville, Minnesota | Jewish-Catholic Institute
St. Joseph University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, Pennsylvania | Notre Dame Holocaust Project
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana | Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
New York City, New York |
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