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Join us for this event on Dec. 2 marking the 60th anniversary of #NostraAetate in partnership with the Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island.

Registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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DECEMBER 2  5:30PM7:30PM 60 YEARS OF NOSTRA AETATE: Celebrating Jewish-Catholic Friendship PLEASE RSVP BY NOVEMBER 20 Emily Gaudreau | 401.421.4111 ext. 163 egaudreau@jewishallianceri.org RABBI WAYNE FRANKLIN is Senior Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Emanu-El in Providence. In addition to his pulpit, pastoral and educational duties at the Temple, he has engaged extensively in community activities in Rhode Island. THOMAS M. BOLIN is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism. Dr. Bolin is the Scholar-in-Residence in Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations at Providence College. HOLLY TAYLOR COOLMAN is Associate Professor of Theology at Providence College. She earned her PhD at Duke University, and her areas of specialty include Christian accounts of Judaism, as well as the family, especially adoption. Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and the Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee for an interfaith celebration and examination of the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the groundbreaking Vatican II declaration that reshaped Catholic-Jewish relations.
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Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that Thanksgiving was a “beautiful feast” that unites believers and non-believers alike, as he issued a message of thanks ahead of the U.S. holiday. apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope says Thanksgiving is a 'beautiful feast' that unites all
Pope Leo XIV says Thanksgiving is a “beautiful feast” that unites believers and non-believers alike.Leo said he was thankful for many things and urged everyone to recognize the gifts they have been gi...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Join us for this event on Dec. 2 marking the 60th anniversary of #NostraAetate in partnership with the Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island.

Registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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DECEMBER 2  5:30PM7:30PM 60 YEARS OF NOSTRA AETATE: Celebrating Jewish-Catholic Friendship PLEASE RSVP BY NOVEMBER 20 Emily Gaudreau | 401.421.4111 ext. 163 egaudreau@jewishallianceri.org RABBI WAYNE FRANKLIN is Senior Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Emanu-El in Providence. In addition to his pulpit, pastoral and educational duties at the Temple, he has engaged extensively in community activities in Rhode Island. THOMAS M. BOLIN is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism. Dr. Bolin is the Scholar-in-Residence in Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations at Providence College. HOLLY TAYLOR COOLMAN is Associate Professor of Theology at Providence College. She earned her PhD at Duke University, and her areas of specialty include Christian accounts of Judaism, as well as the family, especially adoption. Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and the Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee for an interfaith celebration and examination of the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the groundbreaking Vatican II declaration that reshaped Catholic-Jewish relations.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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A Legacy Still Unfolding: Nostra Aetate and the future of interreligious dialogue icjs.org/resource/a-l...

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A Legacy Still Unfolding: Nostra Aetate and the future of interreligious dialogue - ICJS
Sixty years after the Second Vatican Council issued Nostra Aetate—the declaration that reshaped Catholic relationships with Jews, Muslims, and other religious communities—the Institute for Islamic, Ch...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Pope Leo names Italian Holocaust film ‘Life Is Beautiful’ as one of his 4 favorites of all time www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/p...
Pope Leo names Italian Holocaust film ‘Life Is Beautiful’ as one of his 4 favorites of all time
“Life Is Beautiful,” a melodrama by Italian filmmaker and comedian Robert Benigni, follows an Italian Jewish father and his son as they are sent to a Nazi concentration camp.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Many thanks to the library staff for updating our website and hosting it on the PC library site!
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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We collaborated with student research assistants and film studies majors.
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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We did documentary research and oral history interviews with really amazing people who told us what it was like to be Jewish at PC in the 1930s to the 1960s. Their stories were amazing and clips of the interviews are in the documentary we made: library-exhibits.providence.edu/s/sons-of-pr...
Sons of Providence · Documentary · pc-library-omeka-s-exhibits
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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The project covered the years 1917-1965, the year of the foundation of the college up to Vatican II. The focus was on the admission and experiences of Jews from RI and southeastern MA at the newly opened Catholic liberal arts college administered by the Dominican order.
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Check out the updated and streamlined version of the project website "Sons of Providence: The Jewish History of Providence College, 1917-1965" detailing research Jen Illuzzi and I did on Jewish students at Providence College (@provcollege.bsky.social) library-exhibits.providence.edu/s/sons-of-pr...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Vatican says Swiss Guards investigating alleged antisemitic gesture www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Vatican says Swiss Guards investigating alleged antisemitic gesture
The Vatican press office confirmed the Pontifical Swiss Guard is investigating an incident involving one of the guards who has been accused of making an antisemitic gesture.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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"Unlike disagreement and conflict, persistent and courageous dialogue does not make headlines, but quietly helps the world to live much better than we imagine."

Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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The Church exhorts her sons and daughters that through dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions, carried out with prudence and love and in witness to the Christian faith and life, they recognize, preserve and promote the good things...found among these people.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Today marks the 87th anniversary of #Kristallnacht, the antisemitic pogrom orchestrated by the Nazis. Learn more about it here.

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Kristallnacht | Holocaust Encyclopedia
On November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi regime coordinated an antisemitic riot, called Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, or the November pogrom. Learn more.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Join us for this event on Dec. 2 marking the 60th anniversary of #NostraAetate in partnership with the Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island.

Registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#interfaith
DECEMBER 2  5:30PM7:30PM 60 YEARS OF NOSTRA AETATE: Celebrating Jewish-Catholic Friendship PLEASE RSVP BY NOVEMBER 20 Emily Gaudreau | 401.421.4111 ext. 163 egaudreau@jewishallianceri.org RABBI WAYNE FRANKLIN is Senior Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Emanu-El in Providence. In addition to his pulpit, pastoral and educational duties at the Temple, he has engaged extensively in community activities in Rhode Island. THOMAS M. BOLIN is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism. Dr. Bolin is the Scholar-in-Residence in Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations at Providence College. HOLLY TAYLOR COOLMAN is Associate Professor of Theology at Providence College. She earned her PhD at Duke University, and her areas of specialty include Christian accounts of Judaism, as well as the family, especially adoption. Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and the Providence College Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee for an interfaith celebration and examination of the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the groundbreaking Vatican II declaration that reshaped Catholic-Jewish relations.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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As of this week, Yad Vashem has identified the names of five million out of six million Jewish Holocaust victims. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Names of 5 million Holocaust victims identified, Israel's Yad Vashem says
Israel’s Holocaust memorial says it has now identified 5 million of the 6 million Jewish victims killed by the Nazis — a milestone made possible through decades of research.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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If you missed Prof. Bolin's lecture, you can now view it online on our website!

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November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Nostra Aetate at 60: Has the Church fully lived up to its words? jppi.org.il/en/nostra-ae...

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Nostra Aetate at 60: Has the Church fully lived up to its words?
Pope Leo XIV’s task is clear: to ensure that the lofty words of 1965 are matched by deeds in 2025. That means denouncing antisemitism unequivocally, whether it hides behind anti-Zionism or any other g...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Sixty Years After Nostra Aetate, Catholic-Jewish Understanding Matters www.ajc.org/news/sixty-y...

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Sixty Years After Nostra Aetate, Catholic-Jewish Understanding Matters
For many Jews and Catholics, Nostra Aetate was a turning point. It laid the groundwork for a new relationship based not on conversion or confrontation but on dialogue and dignity. It transformed relat...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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This week marks the 60th anniversary of Vatican II's Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. If you haven't read it, it's worth the read. Short, but the impact has been immeasurable.

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Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations works to enhance mutual understanding between Jews and Christians..
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October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Pope reaffirms dialogue with Jews as he marks 60th anniversary of a key document religionnews.com/2025/10/30/p...

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Pope reaffirms dialogue with Jews as he marks 60th anniversary of a key document
(AP) — In the text, “Nostra Aetate,” Latin for “In Our Time,” the Catholic Church deplored antisemitism in every form and repudiated the “deicide” charge that blamed Jews as a people for Christ’s deat...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Sixty years since #NostraAetate: Transforming Catholic-Jewish relations: "In 60 short years, the largest religious organization in the world went from being a major purveyor of antisemitic hate to the closest friend of the Jewish community."

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Sixty years since Nostra Aetate | The Jerusalem Post
In 60 short years, the largest religious organization in the world went from being a major purveyor of antisemitic hate to the closest friend of the Jewish community.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Viktor Eichner | In Our Time: The Future of Jewish–Catholic Dialogue www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/vikt...

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Viktor Eichner | In Our Time: The Future of Jewish–Catholic Dialogue - World Jewish Congress
Marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate, WJC's Representative to the Holy See Viktor Eichner reflects on the importance of maintaining Jewish-Catholic relations in a post-October 7th era.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Lessons from The Tree of Life: Lighting the Path Forward mjhnyc.org/exhibitions/...
Lessons from The Tree of Life: Lighting the Path Forward
Lessons from The Tree of Life: Lighting the Path Forward documents what happened in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on October 27, 2018, the community’s powerful response, and the journey to reimagi...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Join us tomorrow in person or online!

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Join us as we mark the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate on 10/28 with the annual Fay Rozovsky Lecture @provcollege.bsky.social, featuring Thomas Bolin, Scholar-in-Residence in Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations. In person and on zoom.

REGISTER: tinyurl.com/BolinSeason25
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Event flyer. Title: To Everything A Season: Nostra Aetate Sixty Years On Description: The promulgation of Vatican II's Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) sixty years ago inaugurated a new era of Jewish-Catholic relations. This lecture commemorates this milestone, highlights the unseen work that helped to bring it about, and explores how to address the ongoing challenges to the process of dialogue and solidarity. October 28 | 6:30pm, Ruane Center for the Humanities 105 Providence College, Reception with kosher options to follow Image of Thomas Bolin standing in front of the Arch of Titus with his arms crossed.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM