Previous Events

A Shared Hope: Catholic and Jewish Perspectives on Life After Death
November 1, 2007

An Evening with Four Literary Stars
April 25th, 2007
See the complete video of the event (1 hr. 44 min.):  broadband | modem speed (REAL player required)

Irish in New York:  Then and Now
April 26, 2006
Four outstanding historians recount the lively history of the Irish in New York from the Famine, through the Civil War, the Tammany Era, the Fenians and World War I and on up to our present day.

Passing on Religious Traditions:  Today's Challenges for Jews and Catholics from Secularism to Intermarriage
November 1, 2006

Care at the End of Life:  Who should get what and why?
November 3, 2005
Jewish and Catholic Perspectives on Bioethical Issues.

Christ in Concrete:   Catholic Fiction Today
April 21, 2005

Organized Sports and the Nobler Human Values — are They Compatible?
April 27, 2004
A conversation with three experts in Sports.

What kind of Jew was Paul
October 28th, 2004
Saul of Tarsus, the former Jewish rabbinical student now revered as St. Paul by Christians, was a controversial figure during his lifetime and continues to be almost two millennia since. But recent biblical scholarship has actually intensified interest in this puzzling and provocative man and evoked crucial questions about his theology. What form of first century Judaism did he embrace and how did it influence his later thought? How did his Jewish learning and experience influence his understanding of Jesus’ resurrection and his reinterpretation of God’s promises? In short, what kind of a Jew was he and why is it important?