8:30 am Can Israel & the Palestinian Authority Make Peace? with Khaled Abu Toameh, former Arab affairs correspondent, Jerusalem Post
11:30 am Tour of Save a Child’s Heart (SACH)/Wolfson Medical Center, Holon and visit to SACH Children’s Home
June 4, 2019, Save A Child's Heart, Holon, Israel - Dustin Gardner and Barbara Morgan Gardner with SACH participants. Photo by Kristi Garroway.
June 4, 2019, Save A Child's Heart, Holon, Israel - Dustin Gardner and Barbara Morgan Gardner with SACH participants. Photo by Kristi Garroway.
Academic Dialogue
2:00 pm Academic Dialogue Session I: Joint Scripture study of torah passage at Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan - hosted by Shabtai Rappaport
Wednesday, June 5
Joint Cultural Understanding
8:00 am Tour of City of David excavations led by Kristi Garroway
June 5, 2020, City of David, Jerusalem - Left to right - Bottom level: Kristi Garroway, Quin Monson; 2nd level - Jacob Rennaker, Anna Rennaker, Sam Spector, Dustin Gardner; 3rd level - Steven Windmueller, Jared Ludlow, Margaret Ludlow, Wendy Top, Brent Top, Josh Matson; 4th level - Andy Reed, Mark Diamond; Photo by Josh Garroway.
June 5, 2020, City of David, Jerusalem - Left to right - Bottom level: Kristi Garroway, Quin Monson; 2nd level - Jacob Rennaker, Anna Rennaker, Sam Spector, Dustin Gardner; 3rd level - Steven Windmueller, Jared Ludlow, Margaret Ludlow, Wendy Top, Brent Top, Josh Matson; 4th level - Andy Reed, Mark Diamond; Photo by Josh Garroway.
11:00 am Guided tour of Yad Vashem and interfaith commemoration
June 5, 2019, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum,Hall of Remembrance; Interfaith ceremony honoring holocaust victims; Left, Mark Diamond; Right, Shon Hopkin; in foreground - flowers provided by Jewish & Latter-day Saint Academic Interfaith Dialogue
June 5, 2019, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum,Hall of Remembrance; Interfaith ceremony honoring holocaust victims; Left, Mark Diamond; Right, Shon Hopkin; in foreground - flowers provided by Jewish & Latter-day Saint Academic Interfaith Dialogue
Academic Dialogue
3:00 Academic Dialogue session II at BYU Jerusalem Center
Topic: Anti-Semitism
Presenter: Steven Windmueller, HUC-JIR
Response: Quin Monson, BYU
VIP dinner at Maiersdorf Faculty Club, Hebrew University with Elder Quentin L. Cook, Sister Mary Cook, Rabbi Michael Melchior, dialogue participants and invited guests
June 5, 2019 Keynote Dinner, Maiersdorf Faculty Club; Mark Diamond speaking
June 5, 2019 Keynote Dinner, Maiersdorf Faculty Club; Mark Diamond speaking
June 5, 2019 Keynote dinner, Maiersdorf Faculty Club; Left to right: Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin L. Cook, Sister Mary Cook; also pictured, left to right: Elder Richard Holzapfel, Jacob Rennaker, Jennifer Hopkin
June 5, 2019 Keynote dinner, Maiersdorf Faculty Club; Left to right: Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin L. Cook, Sister Mary Cook; also pictured, left to right: Elder Richard Holzapfel, Jacob Rennaker, Jennifer Hopkin
June 5, 2019 - Keynote Dinner, Maiersdorf Faculty Club; Left to right: Standing - Jennifer Hopkin, Dustin Gardner, Holli Levitsky, Brent Top, Rachel Lieberman, Wendy Top, Kristine Garroway, Ophir Yarden, Joshua Garroway, Sam Spector, Quin Monson, Jared Ludlow, Margaret Ludlow, Andrew Reed, Steven Windmueller, Jacob Rennaker, Joshua Matson, Anna Rennaker, Spencer John Olson; Seated - Shon Hopkin, Mark Diamond, Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin Cook, Sister Mary Cook, Richard Holzapfel, Cameron Scott
June 5, 2019 - Keynote Dinner, Maiersdorf Faculty Club; Left to right: Standing - Jennifer Hopkin, Dustin Gardner, Holli Levitsky, Brent Top, Rachel Lieberman, Wendy Top, Kristine Garroway, Ophir Yarden, Joshua Garroway, Sam Spector, Quin Monson, Jared Ludlow, Margaret Ludlow, Andrew Reed, Steven Windmueller, Jacob Rennaker, Joshua Matson, Anna Rennaker, Spencer John Olson; Seated - Shon Hopkin, Mark Diamond, Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin Cook, Sister Mary Cook, Richard Holzapfel, Cameron Scott
Public Events
7:00 pm Conference keynote program at BYU Jerusalem Center with Elder Cook and Rabbi Melchior
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Keynote Event; Left to right: Jim Kearl, Shon Hopkin, Elder Quentin L. Cook (speaking), Rabbi Michael Melchior
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Keynote Event; Left to right: Jim Kearl, Shon Hopkin, Elder Quentin L. Cook (speaking), Rabbi Michael Melchior
June 5, 2019 - BYU Jerusalem Center, Keynote Event, Left to right: Jim Kearl, Shon Hopkin, Mark Diamond (speaking, Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin L. Cook, so
June 5, 2019 - BYU Jerusalem Center, Keynote Event, Left to right: Jim Kearl, Shon Hopkin, Mark Diamond (speaking, Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin L. Cook, so
June 5, 2019 Keynote Event, BYU Jerusalem Center; Left to right: Mark Diamond, Rabbi Michael Melchior (speaking), fMark Diamond (speaking), , Elder Quentin Cook, Mary Cook
June 5, 2019 Keynote Event, BYU Jerusalem Center; Left to right: Mark Diamond, Rabbi Michael Melchior (speaking), fMark Diamond (speaking), , Elder Quentin Cook, Mary Cook
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Keynote Event - Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin Cook, Sister Mary Cook
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Keynote Event - Rabbi Michael Melchior, Elder Quentin Cook, Sister Mary Cook
9:00 Gala reception at BYU Jerusalem Center
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Reception - Rabbi Michael Melchior speaking with BYU students
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Reception - Rabbi Michael Melchior speaking with BYU students
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Reception - Rabbi Sam Spector (Salt Lake City) visits with Elder Quentin Cook (Quorum of the Twelve)
June 5, 2019, BYU Jerusalem Center, Reception - Rabbi Sam Spector (Salt Lake City) visits with Elder Quentin Cook (Quorum of the Twelve)
Thursday, June 6
Joint Cultural Understanding
9:00 am Shalom Hartman Institute (SHI) - Welcome and introduction to hevruta study with Rabbi/Prof. Leon Weiner Dow, SHI
9:30 am Hevruta study
Academic Dialogue
10:15 am Academic Dialogue Session III/Shiur, The Holy Land and Ethics with Leon Weiner Dow, research fellow and faculty member, SHI
11:15 am Academic Dialogue Session IV/Lecture, Responses to the Moral Challenges of Zionism Today with Yossi Klein Halevi, author and senior fellow, SHI
2:00 pm Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem [HUC] with Rabbi Naamah Kelman, Dean, HUC-JIR Jerusalem campus
2:15 Academic Dialogue Session V at HUC with Prof. Dalia Marx, Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Liturgy and Midrash, HUC
June 6, 2019, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem; Dialogue Session about Jerusalem; Clockwise: Joshua Garroway, Steven Windmueller, Quin Monson, Professor Dalia Marx, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Andrew Skinner, Jared Ludlow, Ophir Yarden, Andrew Reed, Spencer John Olson; Photo by Kristi Garroway
June 6, 2019, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem; Dialogue Session about Jerusalem; Clockwise: Joshua Garroway, Steven Windmueller, Quin Monson, Professor Dalia Marx, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Andrew Skinner, Jared Ludlow, Ophir Yarden, Andrew Reed, Spencer John Olson; Photo by Kristi Garroway
Joint Cultural Understanding
4:00 pm Brief tour of HUC Jerusalem campus and biblical archeology museum, led by Kristine Garroway
6:00 pm Closing dinner - Olive and Fish Restaurant
June 6, 2019, Olive & Fish Restaurant - closing dinner; Clockwise - Mark Diamond, Margaret Ludlow, Jared Ludlow, Jennifer Hopkin, Quin Monson; Photo by Shon Hopkin
June 6, 2019, Olive & Fish Restaurant - closing dinner; Clockwise - Mark Diamond, Margaret Ludlow, Jared Ludlow, Jennifer Hopkin, Quin Monson; Photo by Shon Hopkin
June 6, 2019, Olive & Fish Restaurant, Jerusalem - Mark Diamond, closing remarks
June 6, 2019, Olive & Fish Restaurant, Jerusalem - Mark Diamond, closing remarks
November (AJR-CA and LMU) & December (BYU) 2019 Joint Campus Visits
In November and December 2019, we began a new initiative in our Academic Interfaith Dialogue project, hosting members of the team at each other's university as guest lecturers.
November 14th (noon) at the Academy of Jewish Religion-California - Andrew Reed and Shon Hopkin gave a lunch lecture, followed by Q&A, to rabbinical students at AJR-CA on the subject of how Latter-day Saint beliefs and teachings build on the foundations of the Hebrew Bible.
November 14th (evening) at Loyola Marymount University - Andrew Reed, Shon Hopkin, and Steven Windmueller participated in a Q&A Panel in Mark Diamond's LMU class (Strategies of Successful Interfaith Engagement) on the subject of the Jewish & Latter-day Saint Academic Interfaith Dialogue project.
Nov. 19, 2019 - Q&A Panel in Mark Diamond's "Strategies of Interfaith Engagement" class - Loyola Marymount University; Left to right: Steven Windmueller, Andrew Reed, Shon Hopkin
Nov. 19, 2019 - Q&A Panel in Mark Diamond's "Strategies of Interfaith Engagement" class - Loyola Marymount University; Left to right: Steven Windmueller, Andrew Reed, Shon Hopkin
December 3 (daytime) at Brigham Young University - Steven Windmueller taught about political trends in American Jewry as a guest lecturer in Quin Monson's Political Science class. Mark Diamond taught about Judaism and the Jewish & Latter-day Saint Academic Interfaith Dialogue project in Andrew Reed's World Religions class.
December 3 (evening) at Brigham Young University - Steven Windmueller and Mark Diamond taught about Isaiah 56 - 58 in Shon Hopkin's Writings of Isaiah class.
