Many observers have noted that since the Second Vatican Council published Nostra Aetate in 1965, there have been more positive encounters between Christians and Jews, leaving American Jews feeling safe. However, the recent rise of antisemitism has begun to erode this sense of safety and dialogue between Jews and non-Jews has become more challenging. To discuss what this means for interreligious relations in the U.S. and beyond, author and interreligious leader Rabbi James Rudin will be joining us for a special Zoom conversation to discuss his book The People in The Room: Rabbis, Nuns, Pastors, Popes, and Presidents. Rabbi Rudin will be joined by two panelists to discuss the development and current state of Christian-Jewish relations since the 1960s and its implications for Muslim-Jewish and Black-Jewish relations today.
Rabbi James Rudin was a member of the American Jewish Committee's Senior Staff for 32 years where he served as the Interreligious Affairs Director.
Dr. Phil Cunningham is a Professor of Catholic Theology at St. Joseph’s University and is the director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations.
Imam Abdullah Antepli is a Associate Professor of the practice of Interfaith Relations and also teaches at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke Divinity School.
