- 1999-00 NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Series: A Jewish/Christian Dialogue
- The Bill of Rights, The Courts, and The Law
- Millennialism and Religious Freedom
- Voices of women in Religion: Our Journeys to Leadership
- Religous Freedom and Civility in the Public Square
1999-00 NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Series: A Jewish/Christian Dialogue
A series of panel discussions on issues relating to Jewish-Christian relationships.
What is Nexus?
July 26, 1999
Why do we need a Jewish-Christian dialogue? What are the ground rules for these discussions?
Defining the Basics
August 23, 1999
What do we mean by "God?" What do we mean by "faith?" What do we mean by "faith in God?"
Panelists: Rev. Clarence Brown, John Crowley, Dr. Esther Goldman, Skip Horton-Parker, Kathryne Rivkah Hyatt, Rev. Michael Jones, Rob Lauer, Rabbi Michael Panitz, Mark Powers, Dr. Lauri Ramey, Rev. Martin Ramey. Moderator: Betsy M. Wright
Scripture and Interpretation
September 27, 1999
What does each group consider to be "Scripture?" How did we get our Scriptures? How do we view our Scriptures? How do we interpret Scripture?
Panelists: Rev. Clarence Brown, Dr. Esther Goldman, Skip Horton-Parker, Rabbi Michael Panitz, Rabbi Seth Phillips, Mark Powers, Rev. David Sedaca, Dr. Craig Wansink, Rabbi Israel Zoberman. Moderator: Betsy M. Wright
The Nature of Humans
October 25, 1999
Are humans inherently good or evil? Is sin a human condition or a human act?
What is "Original Sin?" What makes a righteous human?
Panelists: Dr. Terri Colby Barr, Rev. Timothy Boddie, Dr. Emmett Diggs, Skip Horton-Parker, Rev. Becky Kiser, Rabbi Michael Panitz, Rabbi Seth Phillips, Mark Powers, Dr. Robert Rubin, Dr. Craig Wansink, Rev. Joan Heidrich Wooten. Moderator: Betsy M. Wright
The Afterlife
November 22, 1999
What do we believe about heaven and hell and why are these beliefs important to our faiths? How do our beliefs impact our relationships with other people of other faiths?
Panelists: Rev. Timothy Boddie, Dr. Emmett Diggs, Skip Horton-Parker, Rabbi Michael Panitz, Rabbi Seth Phillips, Mark Powers, Margie Sullivan, Rabbi Israel Zoberman. Moderator: Betsy M. Wright
Salvation
February 28, 2000
What does the Bible say about salvation and what do we mean by the term? What does the term "chosen people" mean to us? Why do Christians ask the question, "Are Jews saved?" and why is this question so offensive to Jews?
Panelists: Rev. Clarence Brown, Rev. Steven Fitzgerald, Skip Horton-Parker, Dr. Laurence Kutler, Rev. Richard Mooney, Rabbi Seth Phillips, Mark Powers. Moderators: Betsy M. Wright and Dr. Michael E. Panitz
Jesus to Christ
March 27, 2000
Who was Jesus and what was his mission? What do we believe about the death of Jesus? What happened to his followers after his death? Why did they believe him to be "The Messiah?" How does the Christian belief in Jesus as "God Incarnate" impact Jews?
Panelists: Rev. Timothy Boddie (Protestant Christian), University Chaplain at Hampton University; Rev. Clarence Brown (United Methodist), Pastor of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Chesapeake; Skip Horton-Parker (Episcopalian), Scholar of Religion; Rabbi Seth Phillips (Conservative Jew), Chaplain in the United States Navy; Mark Powers (Orthodox Jew), National Director of "Jews for Judaism"; Thomas Roper (Reform Jew), former Southern Baptist minister; Dr. Craig Wansink (Presbyterian), Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Wesleyan College; Rabbi Israel Zoberman (Reform Jew), Rabbi at Beth Chaverim in Virginia Beach. Moderator: Betsy Wright, religion columnist for The Virginian-Pilot.
Paul, the Split with Judaism and Events after 70 A.D.
April 24, 2000
Who was Paul and what was his mission? Why did the sect of Christian Jews split entirely from Judaism? After the fall of the Temple, both Judaism and the fledgling Christianity underwent radical changes. What were these changes and how close are the two religions of that time to what we have today?
Panelists: John Crowley (Roman Catholic); Skip Horton-Parker (Episcopalian), Scholar of religion; Rabbi Seth Phillips (Conservative Jew), Chaplain in the United States Navy; Mark Powers (Orthodox Jew), National Director of "Jews for Judaism"; Thomas Roper (Reform Jew), former Southern Baptist minister; Winsome Sears (Pentecostal), Director of the Salvation Army Hope Center; Dr. Craig Wansink (Presbyterian), Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Wesleyan College. Moderators: Betsy Wright, religion columnist for The Virginian-Pilot; Dr. Michael Panitz, Rabbi of Temple Israel in Norfolk.
The Christian Testament
May 22, 2000
Are the Christian Scriptures and Christian theology inherently anti-Semitic? If so, what should or can be done about it?
Panelists: Rev. Clarence Brown (United Methodist), Pastor of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Chesapeake; Skip Horton-Parker (Episcopalian), Scholar of Religion; Rev. Richard Mooney (Roman Catholic), Priest at Church of the Holy Family in Virginia Beach; Rabbi Seth Phillips (Conservative Jew), Chaplain in the United States Navy; Mark Powers (Orthodox Jew), National Director of "Jews for Judaism"; Dr. Robert Rubin (Reform Jew), Past president of Hampton Roads United Jewish Federation; Winsome Sears (Pentecostal), Director of the Salvation Army Hope Center; Dr. Craig Wansink (Presbyterian), Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Wesleyan College. Moderators: Betsy Wright, Religion columnist for The Virgininian-Pilot and Dr. Michael Panitz, Rabbi of Temple Israel in Norfolk.
The Holocaust
June 26, 2000
Did traditional Christian theology contribute to the Holocaust? If so, how? What does the Holocaust mean to modern Jews?
Panelists: Dr. Daniel Graf (Agnostic), Professor of History at Virginia Wesleyan College; Skip Horton-Parker (Episcopalian), Scholar of Religion; Betsy Karotkin (Conservative Jew), Assistant Executive Director at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater; David Katz (Reform Jew, Holocaust Survivor), member of the Holocaust Commission and Speakers Bureau of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater; Rabbi Seth Phillips (Conservative Jew), Chaplain in the United States Navy; Mark Powers (Orthodox Jew), National Director of "Jews for Judaism"; Rev. Thomas Quinlan (Roman Catholic), Pastor of Church of the Holy Family in Virginia Beach; Rabbi Israel Zoberman (Reform Jew), Rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaverim in Virginia Beach. Moderator: Betsy Wright, Religion columnist for The Virginian-Pilot.
Messianic Jews
July 24, 2000
Who are they and how do they fit into Jewish/Christian relations? Are they Jewish or Christian, or something else?
Panelists: Rev. Emmett Diggs (Independent Methodist), Pastor of Faith Wesleyan Church in Virginia Beach; Skip Horton-Parker (Episcopalian), Scholar of Religion; Rivkah Hyatt (Conservative Jew), Former Franciscan Nun; Rabbi Seth Phillips (Conservative Jew), Chaplain in the United States Navy; Mark Powers (Orthodox Jew), National Director of "Jews for Judaism"; Rabbi Joseph Rosenfarb (Messianic Jew), Rabbi of Beth Messiah Synagogue of Tidewater in Norfolk; Craig Stern (Episcopalian), Convert from Judaism to Christianity; Rev. Andrew Zeman (Episcopalian), Rector of Holy Episcopal in Onancock; Rabbi Israel Zoberman (Reform Jew), Rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaverim in Virginia Beach. Moderator: Betsy Wright, Religion columnist for The Virginian-Pilot.
The Analysis
August 28, 2000
Evaluating the Nexus project.
The Bill of Rights, The Courts, and The Law
A program series sponsored by Center in cooperation with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
The Bill of Rights Then and Now: Evolving Concepts
September 21, 1999
Dr. Davison M. Douglas, Director, Institute of Bill of Rights Law, William and Mary School of Law
Free Speech and Access to Information
September 28, 1999
Glenn Allen Scott, Associate Editor, The Virginian Pilot
Rights of the Accused: Police Procedure, Evidence, and Punishment
October 5, 1999
James O. Broccoletti, Attorney, Zoby and Broccoletti, and Charles D. Griffith, Jr., Commonwealth’s Attorney
Racial Discrimination and Preference
October 12, 1999
ReneJ S. Dunman, Attorney and Director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, Old Dominion University, and Traci Ellis, Attorney and Coordinator of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, Old Dominion University
Church and State
October 19, 1999
Rodney A. Smolla, Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law
Symposium: Millennialism and Religious Freedom
Explores the impact of millennialism on American culture and examines religious freedom issues arising out of millennialist beliefs and behaviors.
Millennialism in the Jewish Tradition
November 2, 1999
Dr. Michael Panitz, Rabbi of Temple Israel in Norfolk
Millennialism in Colonial and Revolutionary America
November 9, 1999
Dr. Stephen J. Stein, Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University.
Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America
November 12, 1999
Dr. James D. Tabor, Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
When Time Shall Be No More
November 16, 1999
Dr. Paul S. Boyer, Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin.
Voices of Women in Religion: Our Journeys to Leadership
Several women share their personal stories in this series of " brown-bag lunch" programs co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom and The Women's Center at Tidewater Community College. This series continues into the fall; see 2000-2001 Programs for details.
February 9, 2000: Rev. Anne Gimenez, senior pastor of Rock Church, Virginia Beach (Pentecostal).
February 23, 2000: Rev. Judy Cobb, pastor of First Lutheran Church, Norfolk, and Lutheran campus minister for Old Dominion University.
March 22, 2000: Rev. Dr. Yvonne V. Delk, the first African-American woman ordained in the United Church of Christ and former executive director of the Community Renewal Society in Chicago.
April 5, 2000: Dr. Terri Colby Barr, member of B'nai Israel Congregation in Norfolk (Orthodox) and adjunct professor of urban services at Old Dominion University.
April 19, 2000: Sister Mary Fran Serafino, Spiritual Director of the Center for Spiritual Formation in Norfolk.
May 3, 2000: Connie Szostak, raised as a Christian, now a Ngakma (ordained lay person) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Symposium: Religious Freedom and Civility in the Public Square
An examination of the issue of public civility in the face of profound religious and moral differences.
(1) What Does Gandhi mean by Non-violence?
(2) Everything I Ever Needed to Know, I Learned from Grandfather
February 8, 2000
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
New Frontiers in Inter-Religious Dialogue
February 15, 2000
Panelists: Lt. Malak Ibn Noel, Muslim Naval Chaplain, United States Navy, and Rabbi Israel Zoberman, Congregation Beth Chaverim; moderated by Dr. Craig Wansink, Virginia Wesleyan College
Jews in Muslim and Christian Nations
February 22, 2000
Professor Yosef Tobi, University of Haifa, Israel, and Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Virginia Wesleyan College
Traditional Costumes of Jewish and Muslim Women: A Slide Presentation
March 7, 2000
Mrs. Tsvia Tobi, wife of Professor Yosef Tobi, our Visiting Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from University of Haifa, Israel
Civility, Religion, and Public Law-making
March 21, 2000
Panelists: Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates members The Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones (Democrat) and The Honorable Robert F. McDonnell (Republican); moderated by Dr. Edmund "Del" Carlson, Virginia Wesleyan College
Thomas Jefferson on Religious Freedom and Civility in the Public Square
March 23, 2000
Clay Jenkinson, scholar and public radio actor
The Goal of Religion in the Public Marketplace
April 4, 2000
Panelists: The Most Reverend Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond; Dr. Michael Panitz, Rabbi, Temple of Israel, Norfolk; and Keith Fournier, Roman Catholic lawyer and academic
And Now for Something Completely Different: Achieving Civility by Asking Questions Worth a Smack on the Head from Mom!
April 14, 2000
Philip Milano, founder of Y?: National Forum on People's Differences