About AJC
AJC seeks a secure Jewish future in a more just world, believing that
each pursuit depends upon the other. Through AJC’s 27 U.S. chapters, 8
offices overseas, and 28 official partnerships with communities around the
world, AJC works to build bridges, advance security, promote human
rights, support Israel and strengthen Jewish life.
AJC Westchester has traditionally been one of the most vibrant and exciting
regions with over 1,000 members throughout the county. AJC Westchester
works to fulfill this mission through programs and activities including
advocating for Israel and finding ways to bring American and Israeli Jews
closer together. The Region welcomes members who support its endeavors
and participate in its programs. For more information on these programs
or to sign up for our weekly e-blast listing all programs, visit us on the
web at www.AJC.org/westchester.
Upcoming Programs include:
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March 10th – “Israel’s Economic Miracle,” featuring author Dan Senor.
Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY.
March 24th to April 14t - 10th Annual Westchester Jewish Film Festival – Jacob
Burns Film Center, Pleasantville, NY.
April 27-29, 2011 - AJC 2011 Global Forum. Connect with world leaders. Be
a global Jewish advocate. Engage on the most important issues of the day.
Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC.
About the Brother J. Driscoll Professorship
The Brother John G. Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies is a gift from
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rudin, ‘86H, New York City, to Iona College to honor President
Emeritus Br. Driscoll’s 50 years as a member of the Congregation of Christian
Brothers. As a program in Jewish-Catholic Studies, the Driscoll Professorship will
add a unique perspective to the fulfillment of Iona’s mission to prize the values of
justice, peace, and service.
The Driscoll Professorship dedicates itself to:
 Effecting mutual understanding between the peoples of the Jewish and
Catholic faiths;
 Fostering learning about the similarities and differences surrounding shared
beliefs in God, faith, and the values of justice and life;
 Exploring a common foundation in the themes of covenantal relationship;
 Deepening understanding about the effects and implications of the Shoah;
 Celebrating the spiritual vitality and gifts of the two faiths.
In the spirit of Br. Driscoll’s passion for Jewish-Catholic studies, the Driscoll
Professorship takes Br. Driscoll’s hopes as its own:
 That ancient truths will be revered.
 That hidden truths will be revealed.
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That new ways will be found to touch the human heart.
Driscoll Professorship
in Jewish-Catholic Studies
Shared Roots, Divergent Paths Series
Presents
The Chosen and the Saved
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
7:30pm
Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Iona College
New Rochelle, New York
Featured Speakers
Dr. Arthur Green is the Rector of the Rabbinical School of and Irving Brudnick
Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is
Professor Emeritus at Brandeis University, where he occupied the distinguished
Philip W. Lown Professorship of Jewish Thought. He is both a historian of
Jewish religion and a theologian; his work seeks to form a bridge between these
two distinct fields of endeavor.
Educated at Brandeis and at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where
he received rabbinic ordination, Dr. Green studied with such important teachers
as Alexander Altmann, Nahum N. Glatzer, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, of
blessed memory. He has taught Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, and theology to
several generations of students at the University of Pennsylvania, the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (where he served as both Dean and
President), Brandeis, and now at Hebrew College. He has taught and lectured
widely throughout the Jewish community of North America as well as in Israel,
where he visits frequently. He was the founder of Havurat Shalom in
Somerville, Massachusetts in 1968 and remains a leading independent figure in
the Jewish renewal movement. He was the founding Dean of the Hebrew
College Rabbinical School.
Dr. Green is the author of over a dozen books. Best-known among his scholarly
works are Tormented Master: A Life of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav and Keter:
The Crown of God in Early Jewish Mysticism. In Seek My Face, Speak My
Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theology and EHYEH: A Kabbalah for
Tomorrow he turns to the mystical tradition as a key source for a religious
language that will speak to the many spiritual seekers in our generation. Dr.
Green is also well known for his translations and interpretations of Hasidic
teachings, including The Language of Truth: Teachings from the Sefat Emet by
Rabbi Judah Leib Alter of Ger. His most recent book (2010) is Radical
Judaism: Re-thinking God and Tradition, published by Yale University Press.
John Merkle is professor of theology at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint
John’s University in central Minnesota and the director of the Jay Phillips Center
for Interfaith Learning, which is a collaborative enterprise of Saint John’s
University and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Deeply
involved in Christian-Jewish dialogue for more than three decades, he has been
chair of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations, a national
organization of Christian scholars engaged in the study of Judaism and of
Christianity in relation to Judaism, and a co-editor of Studies in Christian-Jewish
Relations, the electronic journal of the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian
Relations. Along with dozens of published articles and reviews, he has written
and edited four books, including Faith Transformed: Christian Encounters with
Jews and Judaism (2003) and Approaching God: The Way of Abraham Joshua
Heschel (2009), both published by Liturgical Press.
Program
I. Opening Remarks
 Elena Procario-Foley, PhD, Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic
Studies, Chair, Religious Studies Department, Iona College
II. Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Speakers
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Clifford Wolf, Co-Chair, Interfaith Outreach Committee, AJC
Westchester
III. The Chosen and the Saved. Speakers:
a. Dr. Arthur Green, Rector of Rabbinical School, Irving
Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew College.
b. John Merkle, Director, Jay Philips Center for Interfaith
Learning, University of St. Thomas.
IV. Question and Answer Session
V. Concluding Remarks from Speakers
VI. Program Adjournment
 Elena Procario-Foley, Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic
Studies, Chair, Religious Studies Department, Iona College
Thank You
The Driscoll Professorship is made possible through a generous endowment
from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rudin, ‘86H.
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Program Chairs – Caren Ellis Fried and Clifford Wolf(AJC), Elena ProcarioFoley, PhD (Iona)
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AJC Westchester Board of Directors (Candy Gould, President)
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AJC Westchester Staff
o Director – Scott Richman
o Associate Director – Jill Friedman
o Leadership Development Associate – Vicki Kline
o Office Administrator - Valencia Latty Wynter
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Iona College
o Elena Procario-Foley, PhD, Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic
Studies, Chair, Religious Studies Department, Iona College
o Amy Hernandez & Ashley Scully, Graduate assistants to Driscoll
Professorship
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