LMU BELLARMINE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS | The Jewish Studies and Catholic Studies programs at LMU invite you to attend the annual Interfaith Forum. This year’s event will feature Rabbi David Rosen, KSG, CBE. Rabbi Rosen is the Jerusalem-based director of international interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, and director of its Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding. His keynote lecture “From Part of the Problem to Part of the Solution: Antisemitism and the Church” will address how the Catholic Church became a powerful defender of the Jewish people after a dramatic theological shift in its teaching regarding Jews and Judaism.
Panel response with Father Alexei Smith, director of ecumenical and interreligious affairs for the Archdiocese of L.A.; and Richard Hirschhaut, director of AJC L.A. Moderated by Father Cyril Hovorun, acting director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute.
The Annual Interfaith Forum is made possible through the generosity of the Jewish Studies and Catholic Studies programs at Loyola Marymount University, with additional support from the Academy for Jewish Religion California, American Jewish Committee, and Huffington Ecumenical Institute.
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020
7 p.m.
Roski Dining Room, University Hall
This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited and we kindly ask that you register.
