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Presentation & Discussion with Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Ph.D.

View the accompanying packet for this talk HERE

The recognition that Christian anti-Judaism helped create the conditions that enabled Nazi antisemitism and the Shoah (Holocaust) led to a profound reckoning within the Christian world. In the decades that followed, Christian theologians and Jewish scholars engaged in transformative dialogue—work that continues to shape interreligious understanding today

Rabbi Andy Bachman share his experiences in the past ten years, traveling to and serving small Jewish communities throughout the South and Midwest. He is presently serving as the locum’s rabbi in Laconia, NH.

Join Pious Ali as he shares his inspiring journey from photographer/photo journalist in Ghana to become actively involved a number of programs in Maine:

– Leading programs, with our own Sarah Rubin, at the Seeds of Peace Program in Otisfield, Maine, and presently on their Board of Directors

– Holocaust Human Rights Center Board member

– Created an interfaith youth program – Works with unhoused youth and those in conflict zones A dedicated public servant (city councilor) in Portland, Maine.

Presentation & Discussion with Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Ph.D.

Discussion of anti-Semitism has been a central component of the global response to the unfolding of events on and after October 7. In America and around the world, reports of anti-Semitic incidents are up. Jews are feeling afraid: For many, this is a new experience. Has something fundamentally changed, or is this a momentary spike that will eventually subside?

Should we be afraid, and, if so, how afraid should we be? Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Ph.D., is an independent scholar specializing in interreligious/interfaith relations. He is past chair of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Relations, served for seven years as director of Interreligious Engagement at the Anti-Defamation League; held the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago; and was the Jewish Scholar at the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies in Baltimore. While working in Baltimore, he directed the publication of “Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity.” Rabbi Sandmel presently resides in Portland and is currently serving as Scholar in Residence at the Maine Jewish Museum.

He will be a visiting professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome this spring.

This event is sponsored with Community Education funds from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation.

Rosenstein is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Rutgers University and a founding member of New Jersey’s 50+ year-old Highland Park Minyan — a peer-led, egalitarian, post-denominational and inclusive chavurah (prayer group). He is the author of the Siddur and Machzor (prayer books) used by Congregation Etz Chaim for Shabbat and High Holidays, respectively; and Reflections on Pirkei Avot, used in our Pirkei Avot class.