Our keynote speakers were Dr. Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, and Rabbi Elliott Dorff, rector at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.While here, Dr. Mouw also spoke at Holy Apostles Church, and Rabbi Dorff spoke at Temple Shalom, both in Colorado Springs.
Dr. Mouw was recently featured on Krista Tippett’s NPR show “Being.” To hear this superb interview that touches on many themes that relate to the mission of the CCJD, go to http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/restoring-civility/
During our dialogue dinner, we celebrated fifteen years since our inception in 1995. We look to a bright future of continued ministry and ever-expanding opportunities.
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Visting Scholar Dialogue
On Wednesday, October 14, the CCJD hosted our Annual Fall Visiting Scholar Dialogue at Temple Shalom in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The distinguished Father John Pawlikowski, Professor of Ethics and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the University of Chicago, led the dialogue. (See his biographical information below, in the 2008 section.) Temple Shalom is located at 1523 E. Monument Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Visit their web site, www.templeshalom.com.
Annual Fall Visiting Scholar Dialogue
Annual Fall Visiting Scholar Dialogue at Temple Shalom in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The distinguished Father John Pawlikowski, Professor of Ethics and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the University of Chicago, led the dialogue. (See his biographical information below, in the 2008 section.) Temple Shalom is located at 1523 E. Monument Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Visit their web site, www.templeshalom.com.
11th Annual Dialogue & Dinner
Our keynote speaker was Father John Pawlikowski, Professor of Ethics and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the University of Chicago. Dr. Pawlikowski fielded questions from Dr. Hirsch and from those in attendance, via Dr. Hirsch, during the dinner.
Our annual dinner is the source of 90 percent of the funding for all of the good work we do to foster understanding and respect for the religious faith, culture and history of Christians and Jews. Thank you for supporting this important event, and thank you to board members Erica Allgood and Sue Foerster for taking on the important task of co-chairing this event.
CCJD Boards’ Statement on the World Crisis
The mission of The Center for Christian–Jewish Dialogue is to affirm what Christians and Jews hold in common, engage in conversation, promote understanding, and encourage mutual respect for each other’s faith, culture and history. We are deeply committed to interfaith dialogue.
Because of this commitment, we are dismayed at the dramatic increase in anger, hatred and violence in our culture. We are deeply saddened by the polarization that contributes to danger and insecurity in our world. Anti-Semitism has grown rapidly, as have distorted expressions of hatred for classical Christianity.
We encourage a return to the biblical vision of shalom¾God’s gift of peace, harmony and wholeness, and the abandonment of fear and irrational hatred. As Christians and Jews, we are dedicated to positive relationships between persons of our own and different religious traditions. We are dedicated to reconciliation and historical accuracy.
Albert Einstein once said that while “a human being is part of the whole¾a part of the universe limited in time and space, he experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.” Delusion imprisons us. We become restricted to our personal desires and to affection for the few people closest to us who always agree with us.
We call on all persons in our community and beyond to refuse to relate to one another through the broken lenses of violence, trauma and anti-Semitism. We invite and support a posture of peace and understanding, an attitude of openness, a strengthening of cultural resilience, and a rejection of destruction, whether physical or religious.
The Boards of Directors and Advisors
The Center for Christian–Jewish Dialogue
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Our Fall Lecture
Featuring Fr. Andrew Ciferni, O. Praem., Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA, took place at Temple Shalom, 1523 E. Monument Street, Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. Fr. Ciferni spoke on the topic of “Praying with the Church and the Synagogue.”
New Life Church
On Sunday, October 9, 2005, Dr. Hirsch spoke at New Life Church about the CCJD. New Life, the largest church in Colorado at 11,000 members, has been one of the principal supporters of our organization since its inception in 1995.
First session of “Judaism and Christianity: Siblings in Faith”
A public dialogue with Bishop Richard Hanifen and Rabbi Howard Hirsch, on September 14, 2005, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Colorado Springs.
Our 2005 Spring Dialogue
Held on June 12 at First Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs, CO featured guest speaker Dr. Joseph W. Pickle, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Religion at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. The topic of the dialogue was “Denominations and their Impact on Dialogue,” addressing in particular the question: Why are there so many distinct Christian and Jewish communities, and what difference does that make in Christian-Jewish Dialogue?
