COMMON ORIGINS, DISTINCT PATHS: Jews and Christians in Conversation

May 14-15, 2010

A coalition of Northeast Wisconsin synagogues, churches, and other groups is hosting a very special free program. We have invited Amy-Jill Levine, professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, to be our “Scholar-in-Residence,” May 14-16, 2010.

Why?
To encourage understanding and respect among the Jews and Christians in Northeastern Wisconsin through study of our common origins and through conversation and interaction.

About our speaker:
Amy-Jill Levine is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School, Graduate Department of Religion, and Program in Jewish Studies. Holding a B.A. from Smith College, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and several honorary doctorates, Professor Levine is an internationally renowned speaker and consultant on issues in Jewish-Christian relations. Along with numerous publications, including the award-winning The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, Professor Levine has also done several taped series for the Teaching Company. She describes herself as a “Yankee Jewish Feminist who teaches New Testament in the buckle of the Bible belt.”

The Coalition Sponsoring the Scholar-in-Residence Weekend:

Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
Congregation Cnesses Israel
Ecumenical Center of the University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Elaine Milson Special Birthday Fund
First United Church of Christ
First United Methodist Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Moses Montefiore Synagogue, Appleton
Norman Miller Family Foundation
Religious Studies Department of St. Norbert College
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Union Congregational UCC
West Side Moravian Church
Winnebago Presbytery