Jim Winterer ’71 | April 7, 2010 Events

The topic will be discussed by Leslie Morris, associate professor of German literature at the University of Minnesota, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, at Mount Zion Temple, 1300 Summit Ave.

The talk, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Jewish Studies in cooperation with the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at the University of St. Thomas and St. John’s University.

For decades after World War II, Germany had a small Jewish population and little Jewish cultural life. It also was difficult for Jews worldwide to separate Germany from the Holocaust. Morris will explore the enormous changes that have taken place since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, including the role of the American Jewish community in the rebuilding of Jewish life in Germany.

The program will include a photographic tour of Jewish Berlin.

Morris, who was former director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Jewish Studies, is author of a book on history and memory in postwar Austrian poetry and co-editor of two volumes on contemporary writing in Germany and the German- Jewish relationship. She is completing a book on Jewish memory in Germany.

March 11, 2010

Author Dr. Beth Kissileff will discuss “The Way of Women is Upon Me: Underhanded Means of Addressing Marginalization in Genesis” from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, March 19, at the Luann Dummer Center for Women, Room 103, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center, on the St. Paul campus of the University of St. Thomas.

Free and open to the public, the talk is part of the Feminist Friday series of lectures sponsored by the center for women; this month’s presentation is co-sponsored the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning. Bring your lunch; dessert and beverages will be provided.

November 11, 2009

Congregations from four Jewish synagogues and four Muslim mosques will pair off throughout the Twin Cities this weekend, Nov. 13 to 15, for a “Weekend of Twinning” that is designed to break down stereotypes, promote interfaith understanding and combat anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

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August 18, 2009

In the Israeli-Palestinian search for peace, most people see religious influences as far more harmful than helpful. That negative perception is founded in fact. Movements from inside all three monotheist traditions support political stances that work against peaceful resolution of the Holy Land conflict.

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March 31, 2009

The Jay Phillips Center for Jewish-Christian Learning – a center sponsored jointly by
the University of St. Thomas and St. John’s University – has expanded its mission and
adopted a new name.

The center now is named the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning. Its mission to
promote understanding and combat prejudice has expanded to encompass Islam and
other world religions.

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February 2, 2009

A rabbi from the Jay Phillips Center for Jewish-Christian Learning of St. John’s University and the University of St. Thomas will discuss “Peace is the Name of God: Jewish Approaches to Peacemaking” in two upcoming talks, one at St. Thomas and the other at St. John’s.

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