From: Rabbi James D. Cohn <rabbi.mailbox@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:30 PM
Subject: CARLA: Jews and Christians (flyer attached)
To: Sky Kershner <sky@kpcc.com>
JEWS AND CHRISTIANS; PASSOVER AND THE LAST SUPPER; EVANGELICALS AND ISRAEL
Rabbi Michael Cook, Ph.D.
Temple Israel Scholar-in-Residence
with the generous support of
Federated Jewish Charities of Charleston
"CHARTING OUR WAYS
THROUGH TODAY'S RELIGIOUS MAZE"
April 1-3, 2011
Temple Israel
2312 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston WV
Modern Jews Engage the New Testament --
Enhancing Our Well-Being in a Christian Environment
Friday, April 1, 7:30 pm
at Temple Israel's Sabbath Eve Worship Service
Despite the impact of Christianity on Jewish history, Jews avoid learning the underlying "dynamics" of Christianity and the New Testament — thereby leaving Christian friends perplexed as to why Jews are wary of the "Good News." But modern Jews and Christians face the possibility of an unprecedented and therefore historic change of course. Can an honest, probing understanding of the processes by which Gospel texts arose resolve tension and controversy between Christians and Jews when they develop today? The topic is the title of Dr. Cook's new book, accessible alike to novices, scholars and clergy with innovative teaching-aids making it an invaluable resource for educators and temple/synagogue or church adult-education courses. This program will also explain why Jews are targeted more than other non-Christians by missionary groups.
Passover, the Last Supper, and Church Seders
Saturday, April 2, 2:30 pm
Jesus' Last Supper and crucifixion are associated in the New Testament with the Jewish festival of Passover. Many contemporary Christians seek to understand the roots of their own religion by experiencing a Passover seder "as it was experienced in Jesus' time." Was the Last Supper a seder? The answer will surprise not only Christians, but also Jews; and this answer is to be found in the cataclysmic transformation of First-Century Judaism that resulted not only in the birth of Christianity, but also in the birth of modern Judaism.
Evangelicals & the State of Israel
Sunday, April 3, 1:30 pm
Support of Israel leads many Jews to a common cause with evangelical Christians who share in that support. What are the challenges associated with that common cause? How do concepts like the Rapture and the Antichrist help form Evangelical attitudes toward Jews and Israel? How have relations between Jews and mainline Protestant organizations, with whom Jews often share domestic agendas, been impacted by the views of each toward Israel? This program will show that, just as American Jews have diverse views about the future of the Middle East, so do American evangelists.
MICHAEL J. COOK, Ph.D., is the Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judaeo-Christian Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati Campus. He is the only rabbi in America with a Full-Professorial Chair in New Testament.
His major new book is Modern Jews Engage the New Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Environment (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights, 2008; 414 pp.).
In 2003, he was one of the seven scholars selected by the Catholic Secretariat for Interreligious and Ecumenical Affairs to assess the accuracy of the advance script of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." It was Gibson's reaction to the Scholars' Report that generated much of the ensuing controversy over the film.
He did his undergraduate work at Haverford College, specializing in classical history and early church literature. He was awarded Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and graduated magna cum laude. After study at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, he earned an M.A. in Hebrew Literature, and Ordination, at New York's branch of HUC-JIR (1970). His doctoral work, at Cincinnati's campus, focused on the Second Temple period and concentrated on New Testament.
His membership in scholarly organizations has included the Society of Biblical Literature, the Association for Jewish Studies, and the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations. He has served on the Joint Commission on Interreligious Affairs (Central Conference of American Rabbis, Union for Reform Judaism, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion). He has received an "Excellence in Teaching Award" sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities.
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