Two leading scholars and practitioners of dialogue will focus on the controversial challenges facing Jews and Catholics in their conversation and cooperation since Vatican II.<\/p>\n
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Opening Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev. Thomas Joseph White, O. P.<\/p>\n Rector<\/p>\n Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moderator<\/strong><\/p>\n Ms. Elena Dini<\/p>\n Senior Program Manager<\/p>\n John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n Professor Karma Ben-Johanan<\/strong>: department of Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Previously, Chair in Jewish-Christian relations at the Faculty of Theology, Humboldt University, Berlin. Her book, Jacob\u2019s Younger Brother: Christian-Jewish Relations after Vatican II<\/em>, (Hebrew, 2020) won the Shazar Prize 2021; and published in English with Harvard University Press in 2022.<\/p>\n Professor Gavin D\u2019Costa<\/strong>: Pontifical University of St Thomas, Rome, and Emeritus University of Bristol, UK. His book Catholic Doctrines on the Jewish People after Vatican II<\/em>, (Oxford, 2019) has been translated into many languages and follows his earlier book: Vatican II. Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims<\/em> (Oxford, 2014).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n