Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange

Today I am thinking about how much I love my children and about how much I’m dreading the day when I’m going to have to teach them about the people who hate them.

“It’s a sad commentary today that we have to make our buildings not only warm, welcoming and vibrant, but also secure and safe,” said Jeffrey Lasday, with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Fellowship The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, curated by leading Jewish studies scholars, is an anthology of texts and images containing thousands of sources—and growing.

Jewish studies folks: The Posen Library has announced their Fellowship competition for this year. Fellows will be paid $8000 and will create teaching materials on specific topics to be published on the Posen Library digital platform. This year's topics and all the deets in the link. Due April 13

Michigan shul is at least the 8th Diaspora synagogue targeted so far this month Ramming and shooting incident at Detroit-area congregation follows multiple attacks in Canada, a foiled plot in Azerbaijan, blasts in Belgium and Netherlands

Michigan shul is at least the 8th Diaspora synagogue targeted so far this month www.timesofisrael.com/michigan-shu...

No Catholic Brand of Christian Zionism, or Tolerance for Antisemitism | Contending Modernities Catholics cannot repair their relationship with Jews at the expense of Palestinians, who have experienced Zionism as subjugation, dispossession, and discrimination.

No Catholic Brand of Christian Zionism, or Tolerance for Antisemitism contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-curre...

I am a Catholic. And a Zionist. web.archive.org/web/20260306...

Relief, gratitude and anger surge among Detroit-area Jews following Temple Israel attack - Jewish Telegraphic Agency "I’m just glad that we were up to the task," one synagogue member told JTA.

Relief, gratitude and anger surge among Detroit-area Jews following Temple Israel attack www.jta.org/2026/03/13/u...

13 years ago, Francis was elected and brought a breath of fresh air to the church. He changed the papacy forever. He went to the “peripheries,” and warned of the danger of a church that “stays closed in on itself.” Francis championed a church for all. “Todos! Todos! Todos!” Rest peacefully, Francis.

Detroit’s Archbishop Weisenburger on Temple Israel attack:

Flyer Whose Bible? Scripture, Tradition and Jewish-Catholic Dialogue What can Jewish and Catholic biblical scholars learn from each other about the role of the Bible in their respective religious traditions? Join us for this special dialogue event building on years of Catholic-Jewish dialogue at Providence College. Our two guests will have a conversation about how the notions of Scripture and Tradition in Judaism and Catholicism can enrich dialogue between the two religions. Speakers: Andrew Davis (Boston College) and Ethan Schwartz (Villanova University), moderated by Thomas Bolin, Scholar-in-Residence in Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations (Providence College) Wednesday, March 18, 6:30 PM Ruane Center for the Humanities LL05 Providence College In person and on Zoom Reception with kosher options to follow in the Great Room Register tinyurl.com/WhoseBible

Join us on March 18 in person and on Zoom for the annual Scholar-in-Residence dialogue.

"Whose Bible? Scripture, Tradition and Jewish-Catholic Dialogue" with Andrew Davis and Ethan Schwartz, moderated by Thomas Bolin

Register: events.blackthorn.io/en/3iofXW6/w...

The State Department is urging Americans to depart now from the countries listed using available commercial transportation, due to serious safety risks.

Americans who need assistance should call +1-202-501-4444 from abroad and +1-888-407-4747 from the U.S. and Canada.

Following Deaths of 6 US Service Members the Apostolic Nuncio for Kuwait says "The situation is serious and worsens day by day" Catholic Church, Catholic News World, Vatican News, Pope Leo XIV, Breaking News, Pope News, Catholic Headlines, News, News today,

Following Deaths of 6 US Service Members the Apostolic Nuncio for #Kuwait says "The situation is serious and worsens day by day"
www.catholicnewsworld.com/2026/03/foll...

"War is not the solution, war is madness, war is a monster, war is a cancer that feeds on itself, engulfing everything!" #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

Purim reminds us that even in moments of uncertainty, courage, resilience, and community can change the course of history.

Today we celebrate joy, generosity, and the enduring strength that comes from standing up for one another.

Wishing everyone celebrating a happy Purim!

Effigy of Hitler, Landsberg Displaced Persons Camp

Jews celebrating Purim in 1946 in the Landsberg Deportation Camp, Bavaria, by hanging an effigy of Hitler.

Queen Esther in Jewish Art: From Antiquity to Modern Times - TheTorah.com From a shadowed queen in the third-century synagogue frescoes of Dura-Europos to a defiant heroine recast in the shadow of the Holocaust, Esther’s image has never stood still. Across centuries of Jewi...

From TheTorah.com "Queen Esther in Jewish Art: From Antiquity to Modern Times" www.thetorah.com/article/quee...

Purim 101 | My Jewish Learning Purim is a joyous holiday that recounts the saving of the Jews from a threatened massacre during the Persian period. The story of Purim is recounted in the Book of Esther, whose eponymous heroine play...

Want to know more about #Purim? Check this out:

www.myjewishlearning.com/article/puri...

Wishing all who are celebrating #Purim, a happy holiday! Chag sameach!

Flyer Whose Bible? Scripture, Tradition and Jewish-Catholic Dialogue What can Jewish and Catholic biblical scholars learn from each other about the role of the Bible in their respective religious traditions? Join us for this special dialogue event building on years of Catholic-Jewish dialogue at Providence College. Our two guests will have a conversation about how the notions of Scripture and Tradition in Judaism and Catholicism can enrich dialogue between the two religions. Speakers: Andrew Davis (Boston College) and Ethan Schwartz (Villanova University), moderated by Thomas Bolin, Scholar-in-Residence in Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations (Providence College) Wednesday, March 18, 6:30 PM Ruane Center for the Humanities LL05 Providence College In person and on Zoom Reception with kosher options to follow in the Great Room Register tinyurl.com/WhoseBible

Join us on March 18 in person and on Zoom for the annual Scholar-in-Residence dialogue.

"Whose Bible? Scripture, Tradition and Jewish-Catholic Dialogue" with Andrew Davis and Ethan Schwartz, moderated by Thomas Bolin

Register: events.blackthorn.io/en/3iofXW6/w...

Purim 2026 begins on the evening of 2nd March. Here a micrographical pattern surrounds the initial-word of Esther.
#Purim
BL Or 2091; Former & Latter Prophets & Hagiographa with masorah magna & parva; 13th century; Germany; f.345v

Join us on March 18th @fordham.edu for a talk with Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social on her latest book!
RSVP here: www.catacombsociety.org/events/

"Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm (3-1-26)." #PopeLeoXIV #IranWar #PrayForPeace

Sunday, March 1st deadlines:
* CBA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting registration for in-person participation (tinyurl.com/3k7svp2u)
* Application for CBA Archaeological Fellowship (tinyurl.com/3vfmn8pr)

This is the TOC for the USCCB’s amicus brief in the birthright citizenship case

me sitting backwards on a chair in front of a classroom full of yeshiva bochurim: “You know who else had a “Heated Rivalry’? That’s right, 1st century rabbinic scholars Hillel and Shammai…”

David, flanked by Wisdom and Prophecy, presents before him the psalter opened on the first verse of Psalm 71.

BnF MS Grec 139; Psautier de Paris; 10th century; Constantinople; f.7v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social

Independent religious, human rights & legal-aid organizations should have regular access to federal immigrant detention centers, including & especially those privately operated. Humane conditions & treatment need to be verified. Assertions that everything is fine are not enough.

New in The Free Press: "Trump's Religious Liberty Commission Was Hijacked by an Antisemite" reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Sacristy chat.

Friar 1: "These stupid ashes get everywhere. What a mess!"

Friar 2: "goth glitter."