Jewish & Christian Educators
Study Group

Program History

The Jewish & Christian Educators Study Group is an out-growth of a conference sponsored by the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies in May 1997 entitled Faith for the Future: The Practical Implications of Teaching and Preaching in the Light of the Jewish-Christian Encounter, which brought together fifty Roman Catholic and Jewish educators from the Mid-Atlantic region. After the con-ference, a group of participants approached the ICJS with the idea that they wanted to continue the work they had begun at the May conference. In response to their request, the ICJS created the Jewish & Christian Educators Study Group. The group, consisting of approximately twenty-five Roman Catholic and Jewish educators, met for the first time in November 1997 for a full day of study. The group has continued meeting for two full days of study during each academic year since that time. In May 1999 the JCESG extended membership to Protestant educators. What follows is a list of dates and topics of the JCESG meetings. Each listing repre-sents a day-long meeting.

May 1997: Faith for the Future Conference
November 1997:The Dynamics of Repentance, Recon-ciliation, and Forgiveness: Text study of Genesis 32:1 - 33:30 and Luke 15:11-32
May 1998: The Role of Prayer in the Formation of Jewish and Roman Catholic Identity, Part I: The Amidah, in conjunction with a major exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland entitled "The Eighteen Blessings at the Heart of Jewish Worship"
November 1998: The Role of Prayer in the Formation of Jewish and Roman Catholic Identity, Part II: The Eucha-ristic Prayer in the Formation of Roman Catholic Identity
May 1999: Consultation and study in connection with the Study Guide for the National Jewish Scholars' Proj-ect, Dabru Emet and Christianity in Jewish Terms
April 2000: Consultation, study, discussion, and review of draft chapters for Irreconcilable Differences, the Study Guide for the National Jewish Scholars' Project
May 2000: Consultation, study, discussion, and review of draft chapters for Irreconcilable Differences
November 2000: Dabru Emet, statements 1 and 2
January 2001: Dabru Emet, statements 3 - 5
April 2001: Dabru Emet, statements 6 - 9
February 2002: I Am Joseph Your Brother: study, viewing, and discussion of the film
April 2002: The Dynamics of Suffering in the Jewish and Christian Traditions
November 2002: Coming Together to Pray, Praying To-gether: The Problems and Possibilities of Interfaith Prayer
March 2003: The Role of Abraham in the Jewish and Christian Traditions
November 2003: Religion and Violence: study of prob-lematic texts
March 2004: The Passion of the Christ: Biblical, His-torical, and Theological Considerations
November 2004: Jewish and Christian Insights into the Exercise of Leadership
March 2005: Jewish and Christian Insights into Dying Well
December 2005: I am the Lord, Your God, focusing on (1) a study of the meaning and character of the cove-nantal bond established by God with the Jewish people and with the Church through an examination of the first commandment, and (2) new and creative ways to teach and preach the first commandment
March 2006: Does It Really Say That? Confronting Diffi-cult Texts

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