Catholic-Jewish Studies

The Catholic-Jewish Studies Program provides students with opportunities to experience the world of living Judaism outside of the classroom through the Shapiro Lecture series and the annual Rabbi Hayim Goren Perelmuter Conference and more.

Spring 2024 Shapiro Lecture with Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

By Young Shin

It’s complicated! Network analysis and Jewish-Christian relationships in the Babylonian Talmud. This talk will introduce...

Sibling Rivals: How the Idea of Chosenness Unites and Divides Jews and Christians

By Young Shin

Winter 2024 Shapiro Lecture with Dr. Joel Kaminsky Sibling Rivals: How the Idea of Chosenness...

“My Parents Never Spoke Of It”: Holocaust Remembrance Lecture by Rosalie Levinson

By Young Shin

In this talk, Rosalie Levinson will explain how, despite their silence, being a child...

“But What Does This All Mean For Me?”: Holocaust Remembrance Lecture by Kimberly Jones

By Young Shin

From a copy of Elie Wiesel’s Night and a simple set of reading questions...

Spring Shapiro Lecture with Dr. Sam Lebens

By Young Shin

Spring Shapiro Lecture with Dr. Sam Lebens In the Hebrew Bible, Moses declares that he...

Winter Shapiro Lecture with Dr. Dana Fishkin

By Young Shin

Between Commentary and the Comedy: Jewish and Christian elements in Immanuel of Rome’s poetry This...