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 Jewish and Presbyterian Seminary Leaders Meet at HUC-JIR/NY to Explore Cooperative Initiatives  Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., President of HUC-JIR  Jewish and Christian Leaders at HUC-JIR/NY Leaders of Jewish and Christian seminaries met at HUC-JIR/NY on Monday, March 10, 2008 to explore cooperative initiatives. Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., President of HUC-JIR, hosted participants Cynthia Campbell, President, McCormick Theological Seminary, Katharine Henderson, Executive Vice President, Auburn Theological Seminary, Jay Rock, Coordinator of Interfaith Relations, Presbyterian Church (USA), Lee Hinson-Hasty, Coordinator for Theological Ed. & Seminary Relations, Presbyterian Church (USA), Phillip Butin, President, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Alan Cooper, Provost, Jewish Theological Seminary, Dean K. Thompson, President, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Iain Torrance, President, Princeton Theological Seminary, Patricia K. Tull, A.B. Rhodes Professor of Old Testament, LPTS, and Barbara Wheeler, President, Auburn Theological Seminary. The group focused discussions on the teaching of theology within their curricula, opportunities for interfaith dialogue among their students, the possibilities of faculty exchange, and ongoing consultation and planning. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
