History
On March 23, 1995, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin delivered a lecture entitled “Antisemitism: The Historical Legacy and the Continuing Challenge for Christians” in Senate Hall of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The lecture was the centerpiece of his visit to Israel.

The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture continues this dialogue between Jews and Catholics with an annual lectureship on the theological issues affecting their relationship.

The eleventh annual Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture was held on Tuesday, February 28, 2006. Fr. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M. and Rabbi David Sandmel addressed the topic, “Nostra Aetate 40 Years After the Second Vatican Council: Where Catholic-Jewish Relations Have Come and Where They Need to Go”. Ms. Judith Valente moderated the conversation and Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. delivered a closing reflection.

Printed copies of the 2005 Jerusalem Lecture are now available. Individual copies of the 1996-2004 Jerusalem Lectures, as well as complete sets, can also be obtained by calling 312-751-5325 or emailing eia@archchicago.org

The following is a list of each year in the Jerusalem Lecture series:

• 1995 – Joseph Cardinal Bernardin – “Antisemitism: The Historical Legacy and the Continuing Challenge for Christians”

• 1996 – Professor Emil Fackenheim – “Jewish-Christian Relations After the Holocaust: Toward Post-Holocaust Theological Thought”

• 1997 – Edward Cardinal Cassidy – “Catholic-Jewish Relations: A New Agenda?”

• 1998 – Rabbi David Hartman – “The Theological Significance of Israel”

• 1999 – Professor Anthony J. Saldarini – “Christian Anti-Judaism: The First Century Speaks to the Twenty-First Century”

• 2000 – Rabbi Dr. Richard A. Freund – “Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles and Rabbis”

• 2001 – Dr. Robert Louis Wilken – “An Ancient and Venerable People”

• 2002 – Dr. Robert Chazan – “Medieval Christians and Jews: Divergences and Convergences”

• 2003 – Dr. Bernard McGinn – “How Jewish and Christian Mystics Read the Bible”

• 2004 – Rabbi Dr. Arthur Hertzberg – “Christian-Jewish Relations in the Enlightenment Period”

• 2005 – Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. – “Catholics, Jews and American Culture”
  
  
• 2006 – Fr. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M., Rabbi David Sandmel, Judith Valente, Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. – “Nostra Aetate 40 Years After the Second Vatican Council: Where Catholic-Jewish Relations Have Come and Where They Need to Go ”