2020 Jewish Latter-day Saint Dialogue

8th Dialogue Series

November 12-13, 2020 - Teleconference (Utah & California locations)

Participants: Mark Diamond (LMU), Marc Dollinger (San Francisco State University), Tamar Frankiel (AJR-CA, emeritus), Joshua Garroway (HUC), Kristine Garroway (HUC), Lita Liddle Giddins (BYU), JB Haws (BYU), Shon Hopkin (BYU), Jamie Jensen (BYU), Holli Levitsky (LMU), Jared Ludlow (BYU), Quin Monson (BYU), Barbara Morgan Gardner (BYU), Andrew Reed (BYU), Jacob Rennaker (Widtsoe Foundation, USC), Sam Spector (Sr. Rabbi, Congregation Kol Ami, SLC), Brent Top (BYU), Steven Windmueller (HUC, emeritus)

Academic Dialogue Sessions

Session 1: 9:00-11:30 am CA/10:00 am-12:30 pm UT — Racism: Historical Context and Background, Systemic Issues

Speakers/Presenters:

Marc Dollinger, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility, San Francisco State University
Lita Liddle Giddins, Coordinator of Diversity, Collaboration, and Inclusion, Brigham Young University

Co-chairs:

Holli Levitsky, Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Eric Huntsman, Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Screenshot (15).png — Marc Dollinger, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility, San Francisco State University

Screenshot (16).png — Lita Liddle Giddins, Coordinator of Diversity, Collaboration, and Inclusion, Brigham Young University

Screenshot (12).png — Holli Levitsky, Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies, Loyola Marymount University

Screenshot (14).png — Eric Huntsman, Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Session 2: 1:00 -3:30 pm CA/2:00-4:30 pm UT — Doctrinal Developments in the Jewish and Latter-day Saint Traditions

Speakers/Presenters:

Andrew C. Reed, Assistant Professor of Church History, Brigham Young University
Tamar Frankiel, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Religion and former President, Academy for Jewish Religion CA

Chair: Brent Top, Richard L. Evans Chair for Religious Understanding and Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University

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Session 4: 9:00-11:30 am CA/10:00 am-12:30 pm UT — Jewish and Latter-day Saint Praxis: Life Cycle

Speakers/Presenters:

Mark Diamond, Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies, Loyola Marymount University and Professor of Practical Rabbinics, Academy for Jewish Religion CA
Shon Hopkin, Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Chair: Joshua Garroway, Associate Professor of Early Christianity and the Second Commonwealth at the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Screenshot (2).png — Mark Diamond, Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies, Loyola Marymount University and Professor of Practical Rabbinics, Academy for Jewish Religion CA

Screenshot (17).png — Shon Hopkin, Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Screenshot (4).png — Joshua Garroway, Associate Professor of Early Christianity and the Second Commonwealth at the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Public Sessions

Session 3: 4:00-5:30pm CA/5:00 -6:30 pm UT — Political Trends in the Latter-day Saint and Jewish Communities

Speakers/Presenters:

Steven Windmueller, Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Service and former Dean of the Skirball campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Quin Monson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University

Chair: J.B. Haws, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Religious Education, Brigham Young University

Screenshot (10).png — Steven Windmueller, Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Service and former Dean of the Skirball campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Screenshot (11).png — Quin Monson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University

Screenshot (9).png — J.B. Haws, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Religious Education, Brigham Young University

Special Program: 6:00-7:00 pm CA/7:00-8:00 pm UT — Book Launch and Celebration of Understanding Covenants and Communities: Jews and Latter-day Saints in Dialogue, published by the Religious Studies Center of Brigham Young University and the Central Conference of American Rabbis Press

Sponsors:

Central Conference of American Rabbis
Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center
Jewish Studies Program, Loyola Marymount University
Ancient Scripture Department, Brigham Young University
Church History and Doctrine Department, Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University Interfaith Student Association

Program:

Andrew Reed, Volume Co-editor, Assistant Professor of Church History, Brigham Young University
Rabbi Hara Person, Chief Executive of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Scott Esplin, Publications Director of the BYU Religious Studies Center
Holli Levitsky, Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Representing Dr. Robin Crabtree, Dean, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Mark Diamond, Volume Co-Editor, Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies, Loyola Marymount University and Professor of Practical Rabbinics, Academy for Jewish Religion CA
Jared Ludlow, Co-author of "Supersessionism and Latter-day Saint Thought: An Appraisal," Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University
Joshua Garroway, Author of Response on Supersessionism, Associate Professor of Early Christianity and the Second Commonwealth at the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Kristi Garroway, Author of "Women & Religion in Ancient Israel," Visiting Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Los
Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Tamar Frankiel, Author of "The Lived Experience of Jewish Women," Emeritus Professor and Provost of the Academy for Jewish Religion, California

Screenshot (5).png — Andrew Reed, Volume Co-editor, Book Launch Organizer, Assistant Professor of Church History, Brigham Young University

Screenshot (6).png — Rabbi Hara Person, Chief Executive of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

7th Dialogue Series

February 26-28, 2020 - BYU/Salt Lake City

Participants: Wendy Bat-Sarah (Cantor, Congregation Kol Ami, SLC), Mark Diamond (LMU), Tamar Frankiel (AJR-CA, retired), Joshua Garroway (HUC), Kristine Garroway (HUC), JB Haws (BYU), Shon Hopkin (BYU), Jamie Jensen (BYU), Holli Levitsky (LMU), Jared Ludlow (BYU), Quin Monson (BYU), Barbara Morgan Gardner (BYU), Andrew Reed (BYU), Jacob Rennaker (Widtsoe Foundation, USC), Sam Spector (Sr. Rabbi, Congregation Kol Ami, SLC), Catherine Taylor (BYU), Brent Top (BYU), Miranda Wilcox (BYU), Steven Windmueller (HUC, emeritus)

Academic Dialogue Sessions

Wed Feb 26 – early afternoon - Joint scripture readings (at BYU)
- Latter-day Saint reading on Moses 1, led by Jacob Rennaker
- Jewish reading on Exodus 3:11–14, Pirkei Avot 1:1, led by Rabbi Sam Spector

Wed Feb 26 – late afternoon - Session on women in academia in the two religious traditions
- Latter-day Saint commentators (5-7 minutes each): Catherine Taylor, Jamie Jensen, Miranda Wilcox
- Jewish commentators (5-7 minutes each): Kristi Garroway, Tamar Frankiel, Holli Levitsky

Thu Feb 27 – afternoon - Dialogue session on anti-Mormonism; (at BYU-SLC Center)
- Presenter: JB Haws; Respondent: Steven Windmueller

Fri Feb 28 – morning (at Kol Ami Synagogue) - Music in the Jewish & Latter-day Saint traditions
- LDS presenter: Eric Huntsman
- Jewish respondent: Cantor Wendy Bat-Sarah

Public Events

Wednesday evening - Dinner with BYU students
- Graduate students (chaplaincy program) - Ben Sagez, Anthony Moya, Scott Paxman, Drake Cottman, Delbert Young
- Undergraduates (in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Middle Eastern Studies, and others) – Nick Hainsworth, Sydney Ballif, Arianna Davidson, Spencer Clark, Emily Larson

Wednesday evening – Public Event with BYU Students and Community; 175 in attendance
- Description of Dialogue Effort, Joint reading responses, Q&A

Feb 25, 2020 Public Event (BYU) - Jacob Rennaker

Feb 26, 2020 Public Event (BYU); Steven Windmueller

Joint Cultural Understanding Events

Thursday morning (8:30 am to noon) - Tour of Welfare Square, Bishop’s Central Storehouse, Humanitarian Center

Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 - Welcome Sign posted at Bishop's Central Storehouse, Salt Lake City; Photo by Barbara Morgan Gardner

Feb 27, 2020 - Church Humanitarian Center (Salt Lake City) assembly line; Clockwise: Shon Hopkin, Nathan Nielsen (Church Public Affairs), Holli Levitsky, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Quin Monson, Tamar Frankiel, Kent Richards (Church Public Affairs), Rabbi Sam Spector, Jared Ludlow, Kristine Garroway, Andrew Reed

Thursday noon - Lunch at the Roof, Capitol Room, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, hosted by Church Public Affairs

Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 - The Roof, Capitol Room, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Salt Lake City; Clockwise - Shon Hopkin, Nathan Nielsen, Mary Richards, Eric Huntsman, Sam Spector, Andrew Reed, Teresa Elwood; Photo by: Barbara Morgan Gardner

Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 - The Roof, Capitol Room, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Salt Lake City; Clockwise - Holli Levitsky, Mark Diamond, JB Haws, Jared Ludlow, Steven Windmueller, Brent Top; Photo by Barbara Morgan Gardner

Joseph Smith Memorial Building.jpg — Feb 27, 2020 - Lunch at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building - Left to right: Brent Top, Elder Richard Holzapfel, Jared Ludlow, Jacob Rennaker, Steven Windmueller, JB Haws, Holli Levitsky, Tamar Frankiel, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Mark Diamond, Rabbi Sam Spector, Eric Huntsman, Shon Hopkin, Marsha Richards and Kent Richards (Church Public Affairs)

Thursday late afternoon - “backstage” experience with organist and conductors of Tabernacle Choir on Temple Square
- Led by Eric Huntsman (choir member, BYU professor); Ryan Murphy (conductor); Richard Elliott (organist)

Jewish dialogue Tour of Taberancle — Thursday, Feb 27 tour of SLC Tabernacle -- Left to Right: (Top Row) Jared Ludlow, Joshua Garroway, Richard Elliott (organist); (Middle Row) Sam Spector, Mark Diamond, Jacob Rennaker, Steven Windmueller, Quin Monson, Ryan Murphy (choir conductor); (Bottom Row): Holli Levitsky, Tamar Frankiel, Eric Huntsman

2.Tour of Tabernacle Organ (behind the inner workings).jpg — Feb 27, 2020 - Behind the historic SLC Tabernacle Organ; Left to right: Joshua Garroway, Richard Elliott (organist), Quin Monson, Sam Spector, Steven Windmueller, Mark Diamond, Jacob Rennaker, Jared Ludlow

Thursday evening - Tabernacle Choir rehearsal, arranged by Eric Huntsman, Mack Wilberg conducting

Thursday evening - Tour of Church History Museum
- With a welcome and introduction from Alan Morrell