Sunday, November 9, 2025 
12:00-1:30 pmArrival and lunch 
1:45-2:00 pmWelcome 
 
  • Greetings from Iona University
  • Adam Gregerman, Saint Joseph's University (CCJR chair) 
 
2:00-3:30 pmSession 1: Evangelical-Jewish Relations  
 
  • Moderator: Nick Scott-Blakely, Fuller Theological Seminary
  • Motti Inbari, University of North Carolina, Pembroke and Kirill  Bumin, Boston University, 
    "The American Religious Landscape and October 7th Events: A Study of Public Opinion"
  • Amy Weiss, University of Hartford, "Evangelical-Jewish Relations: What Role Does Israel Play in Interfaith Dialogue?" 
 
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 Peter Ochs, Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia
"God's Words in Dialogue, Dabru Emet, Dei Verbum, Nostra Aetate"
6:00-8:00 pmCCJR Dinner and Presentation of the Shevet Achim Award to Peter Ochs 
 
  • Memorial Remembrance for Lawrence Frizzell, Seton Hall University
  • Blessings and Dinner
  • Shevet Achim Award (Laudations by Daniel Joslyn Siemiatkoski, Boston College and
    Victoria Barnett, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, emerita
Monday, November 10, 2025
9:00-10:15 amSession 2: The Past and Future of Nostra Aetate 
 
  • Moderator: Elena Procario Foley, Iona University
  • Rev. Russell McDougall, C.S.C., Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
10:30 am-12:00 pmSession 3: Opening the Archives: The Vatican and Holocaust Research  
 
  • Moderator: Philip A. Cunningham, Saint Joseph's University
  • Anatol Steck, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Zachary Levine, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Rebecca Carter-Chand, US Holocaust Memorial Museum 
 
12:00-1:00 pmLunch 
1:00-2:15 pmCCJR Business Meeting  
2:30-4:00 pmSession 4: Innovations in Jewish-Christian Relations Inside and Outside the University  
 
  • Moderator: Bonnie Shafrin, CCJR Secretary-Treasurer
  • Rachel Slutsky, Seton Hall University
  • Benjamin Kamine, Jewish Theological Seminary
  • Aubrey McClain, Greenville University 
 
4:00 pmClosing / Departure