I Am Joseph Your Brother Study Guide

Made possible through a grant from His Eminence William Cardinal Keeler and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
The ICJS has continued its partnership with the Interreligious Coordinating Council (ICCI) in Israel to produce a study guide to accompany the video I Am Joseph Your Brother. The video, produced by Rabbi Ron Kronish and the ICCI in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, docu-ments the changes in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church about Judaism and the Jewish people since the pub-lication of Nostra Aetate in 1965. The video and the study guide also explore recent challenges that are emerging as Jews and Christians forge a more reciprocal relationship. Intended primarily as a teaching/learning tool to be used in conjunction with the video, the study guide includes extensive background materials, study questions, supplementary resources, and sug-gestions for use. ICJS scholars Charles Arian, Rosann Catalano, and Christopher Leighton wrote some the the most extensive sections of the guide, which was co-edited by Rosann Catalano and Amy Kronish, on staff at the ICCI in Jerusalem. The guide, in publication as this issue of In a Word goes to press, will be available by mid-summer 2003.

The Fall Public Lecture --
September 18, 2003

The Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies offers outstanding writers and thinkers in free public lectures that challenge our community to explore new insights from divergent religious, ethnic, educational, and socioeconomic perspectives. On Sep-tember 18, 2003, we will host a lecture and book signing by Charles Kimball, author of When Religion Becomes Evil and chair of the department of religion at Wake Forest University. Dr. Kimball's book offers a timely examination of the nature and signs of religious evil, while outlining the correctives to these corruptions within each of the major religious traditions.

For details on this program, call the ICJS offices at 410-523-7227.