Representatives of the Jewish community met with Christian scholars at Seton Hall University here last week in an effort to strengthen the bonds between Christians and Jews and to "attempt a deeper understanding of present day Jews and trace the roots of the church in the Judaism of old." The program, Called the "Menorah Institute." was attended by 90 Jewish and Christian scholars and students. It was co-sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith and Seton Hall, a Roman Catholic Institution.
Lecturers included Prof. Michael Wyschogrod of Baruch College, City University of New York, who spoke on "Key Issues in Contemporary Jewish Theology"; Rev. Johann Schenk of New York University, who spoke on "The New Testament. Talmud and Midrash: Similarities and Echoes"; Prof. Marshall Sklare of Yeshiva University, who spoke on "Sociology of the American Jew"; and Monsignor John Oesterreicher of the Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies at Seton Hall, who spoke on "The New Testament–a Teacher of Contempt?"
Also on the program were Dr. Joseph Lichten, national director of the ADL’s inter-cultural affairs department; Rabbi David Panitz of Paterson. N.J., and Rev, Edward H. Flannery, executive secretary of the Secretariat for Catholic Jewish Relations, who spoke on "The Significance of the State of Israel to Jews and Christians"; and Bishop John Dougherty, Seton Hall president.
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