We can argue only if we take one another seriously.

But we can enter into dialogue only if we honour both ourselves 
and the other.


(Rabbi Jacob Neusner)

Dialogue calls for hearing two voices, and the witness of Jewish and Catholic instructors who teach together is worth more than many speeches.

(Pope Francis meeting the Bea Centre, 28 February 2019)

NEWS

Presentation of the NEW Licentiate in Judaic Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations

SEE ONLINE ZOOM WEBINAR HERE

Simultaneous translation into both English and Italian languages are available

21 April 2021

The webinar on 21 April 2021 was dedicated to the presentation of the new Licentiate in Judaic Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations. A new category of canonical Licentiate established by the Congregation for Catholic Education on 20 October 2020, it is offered exclusively at the Pontifical Gregorian University. The curriculum and potential impact of the programme on Jewish-Christian relations was illustrated, and time was dedicated to questions from the public and a rabbinic-patristic discussion led by two professors from the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies as an example of the training being offered.

For more information:
Ph. + 39. 06. 6701.5522
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Philo of Alexandria's "De Josepho"

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Conference lectures are given in English and Italian and simultaneous translation in Italian and English are also provided.

16-17-18 March 2021

III Study Conference “Lectures on Philo ­- Intercultural and Interreligious Conferences on Philo’s Actuality”:

Philo of Alexandria's “De Josepho”

This third conference in the series “Lectures on Philo” focuses on De Josepho. Philo turns his thought here to politics, seeing, in Joseph, the shepherd of the people, an ideal model of government and the wise person’s right relation to institutions. Once again, using Philo’s work as a point of departure, the dialogical dimension the author offers – especially the interreligious one – will be explored in-depth. And Joseph opens the spectrum still further, to explore mysticism and modernity, through psychoanalysis and dream interpretation, as well as this figure’s role in the Islamic tradition.

Presented by the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University together with the Piccola Famiglia dell’Assunta (Montetauro – Rimini), the Scuola di Studi e Cultura Ebraica “Shemà” (Firenze), and the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose “A. Marvelli” (of the diocese of Rimini and of San Marino-Montefeltro), along with Guaraldi Editore.

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“La Bibbia dell'Amicizia" – Brani di Neviim/ Profeti Commentati da Ebrei e Cristiani

SEE THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE

The webinar is in Italian language

To present the 2nd volume of “La Bibbia dell'Amicizia – Brani di Neviim/ Profeti Commentati da Ebrei e Cristiani”, curated by Marco Cassuto Morselli and Giulio Michelini, with prefaces by Cardinal Kurt Koch and Rabbi David Rosen

The webinar, hosted by the Facoltà Valdese di Teologia, was held on 29 November 2020.

Salutation

Pastore Eric Noffke, Facoltà Valdese di Teologia

Moderatore

Prof. Massimo Gargiulo, Centro “Cardinal Bea” per gli Studi Giudaici, Pontificia Università Gregoriana

Interventi

Rav Amedeo Spagnoletto, Direttore del MEIS (Museo nazionale dell’ebraismo italiano e della Shoah)

Dom Matteo Ferrari, Direttore dei Colloqui di Camaldoli

Insieme ai curatori

Prof. Giulio Michelini, Istituto Teologico di Assisi

Prof. Marco Cassuto Morselli, FEDERAEC (Federazione delle Amicizie Ebraico-Cristiane)

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"Never Again: Confronting the Global Rise of Anti-Semitism"

To view the live recording please use the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/holysee.usembassy

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is pleased to share the official program for the virtual symposium "Never Again: Confronting the Global Rise of Anti-Semitism" held on November 19, 2020.

(Please note that it is not necessary to have a Facebook account to view the symposium).

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Milestones and Stumbling Stones in the Current Dialogue between Jews, Christians and Muslims

See the video recording of the webinar HERE

28 October 2020 with Prof. Etienne Vetö and Prof. Felix Körner, sj

For those usually interested in our events, we would like to bring to your attention the webinar Milestones and Stumbling Stones in the Current Dialogue between Jews, Christians and Muslims presented by the Christian magazine Tertio in cooperation with The Institute of Jewish Studies (IJS) and The University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp (UCSIA).

https://www.ucsia.org/home-en/themes/religion-society/events/20-years-tertio/

The webinar is in English and Dutch languages. You will find all the information on UCSIA’s official presentation (link above), where the hand-outs are also available.

Cardinal Bea Centre

Welcome to the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University

Click to see the Cardinal Bea Centre VIDEO PRESENTATION

with Prof. Etienne Emmanuel Vetö, ccn, Director of the Cardinal Bea Centre and Prof. Rabbi David Meyer of the Cardinal Bea Centre

To view all lectures of the Cardinal Bea Centre visit the YouTube channel.

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Remembering a Momentous Moment: Professor Jules Isaac and Pope John XXIII

SEE THE WEBINAR HERE

Webinar in English language

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre EVENT

11 June 2020 Philadelphia | Rome

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the meeting between Professor Jules Isaac and Pope John XXIII in Rome on 13 June 1960: a conversation that changed history

Presented by the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University with Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations of Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia

Dr Mary C. Boys, SNJM, Union Theological Seminary, New York

Rabbi Dr Irving Greenberg, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL) and Jewish Life Network/ Steinhardt Foundation

To view all lectures of the Cardinal Bea Centre visit the YouTube channel.

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Jewish and Christian MUSIC

Art as/in Dialogue

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre LECTURE SERIES

6 November 2019

Hervé Roten, PhD (European Institute of Jewish Music)

– Jewish Music: When Singular is Plural

Prof. Philippe Charru, SJ (Centre Sèvres – Facultés Jésuites de Paris)

– Bach and Mozart: A Theology through Sound?* (*lecture in French)

Claudio Procaccia (Jewish Community of Rome – Department of Jewish Culture)

– Moderator

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre LECTURE SERIES

ART AS/IN DIALOGUE

Exploring our religious traditions through beauty: Jewish and Christian music, literature, and visual arts

Presented by: Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University, with Center for the Study of Christianity, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Pontifical Council for Culture

Lectures in English and Italian (or French) – *translations available

To view this and all lectures of the Cardinal Bea Centre visit the YouTube channel.

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Jewish and Christian LITERATURE

19th Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture

Art as/in Dialogue

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre LECTURE SERIE

11 December 2019

Prof. Abraham B. Yehoshua (Israeli Author)

– The Crucifixion of Jesus as a Correction to the Story of the Binding of Isaac

H.E. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (President, Pontifical Council for Culture)

– The "Passion" of Job, Between Faith and Protest: Exegesis and Literature

Prof. Etienne Vetö, cnn (Director, Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University)

– moderator

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre LECTURE SERIES

ART AS/IN DIALOGUE

Exploring our religious traditions through beauty: Jewish and Christian music, literature, and visual arts

Presented by: Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University, with Center for the Study of Christianity, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Pontifical Council for Culture

Lectures in English and Italian

To view all lectures of the Cardinal Bea Centre visit the YouTube channel.

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Jewish and Christian VISUAL ARTS

Art as/in Dialogue

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre LECTURE SERIES

13 May 2020 on ZOOM

Amitai Mendelsohn, PhD (Curator, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem)

– Behold the Man: Jesus in Jewish and Israeli Art

Prof. Marc Michael Epstein (Vassar College)

– Getting Emotional: Jews, Christians, Sentiment and the Visual

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre LECTURE SERIES

ART AS/IN DIALOGUE

Exploring our religious traditions through beauty: Jewish and Christian music, literature, and visual arts

Presented by: Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University, with the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Center for the Study of Christianity, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

To view all lectures of the Cardinal Bea Centre visit the YouTube channel.

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When Religions Contribute to Education for a more Fraternal Humanity

2019–2020 Cardinal Bea Centre EVENT

In particular, see "Educare a un'umanità più fraterna: The image of the other in Jewish tradition" (Hana Bendcowsky) HERE

See "Educare a un'umanità più fraterna: il contributo delle religioni. Tavola rotonda" HERE

in anticipation of the Global Compact on Education Event of 15 October 2020, visible HERE on the Vatican Media YouTube channel

24 February 2020

Organised by the Gregorian Centre for Interreligious Studies and the Cardinal Bea Centre of the Pontifical Gregorian University together with the PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies), under the patronage of the Congregation for Catholic Education

To access videos of the Cardinal Bea Centre conferences, please refer to the channel YouTube.

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50th Memorial Anniversary (♦1968) “The Cardinal of Unity”

2018–2019 The Year of Cardinal Bea LECTURE SERIES

Honouring the life of a great man whose gift to the Church helped open the way for dialogues of unity.

LECTURE SERIES: 7 November 2018 / 12 December 2018 / 27 February 2019 / 10 April 2019

Presented by: Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University, with Center for the Study of Christianity, Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Pontifical Biblical Institute – Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

18th Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture

Rewriting Nostra Aetate Today

Augustin Bea: Opening Lecture

7 November 2018

The Bible from Three “Points of View”

Jewish – Catholic – Protestant

Biblical Studies

12 December 2018

Charism of Unity and Petrine Ministry

Ecumenical Dialogue on the Petrine Ministry

Ecumenism

27 February 2019

Reading Scripture Together

Jewish–Christian Relations

10 April 2019

To view all lectures of the Cardinal Bea Centre visit the YouTube channel. We also invite you to subscribe to the channel to receive automatic updates (via e-mail) on all the new videos.

“In fact, the theological dimension of Jewish-Catholic dialogue deserves to be more thorough, and I wish to encourage all those involved in this dialogue to continue in this direction, with discernment and perseverance. From a theological point of view, it is clear there is an inseparable bond between Christians and Jews.”

– Pope Francis at the Synagogue of Rome, Sunday, 17 January 2016

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