About the Center

Over the last ten years...

• Approximately 1,000 students have studied aspects of Jewish-Christian relations and approximately 600 additional students have engaged in study of the Holocaust.
• The Center offers course work on the Holocaust, and workshops and events on various topics including:
  • The Changing Image of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Religious Education;
  • Jewish Perspectives on Women's Spirituality;
  • Vatican Diplomatic Recognition of Israel;
  • The Image of Jews in American Film;
  • Holocaust Denial;
  • Bridge Building between German and Jewish Children of Perpetrators and Survivors;
  • The Zamir Chorale of Boston;
  • Jews, Christians and Muslims Together in Prayer, Annual Interreligious Prayer Service;
  • Catholic Reform and the Legacy of Christian Antisemitism; and
  • Symposium on Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ."
• Distinguished lecturers have enriched the College and the community, including:
  • Mary Boys
  • James Carroll
  • Walter Cuenin
  • Paula Fredriksen
  • Sol Gittleman
  • David Gordis
  • Susannah Heschel
  • Leon Klenicki
  • Deborah Lipstadt
  • Lawrence Lowenthal
  • John Pawlikowski
  • Jonathan Sarna
  • Alan Solomont
  • Krister Stendahl
  • Moshe Waldoks
  • Elie Wiesel