Berkley Center

Rabbi Dr. Abraham Skorka is a senior research fellow for Jewish studies and Jewish-Christian relations at Georgetown University, where he is also a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and has taught courses for Center for Jewish Civilization. He previously was University Professor in the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, rector of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, and rabbi of the Masorti Olami Community (Worldwide Conservative Movement) Benei Tikva in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He co-authored a book on interfaith dialogue with Pope Francis titled On Heaven and Earth that was published in Spanish in 2010 and in English in 2013.

Rabbi Burton Visotzky is the Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies Emeritus at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he directs the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue. Vistotzky serves on the United Nations Inter-Agency Task-Force’s Multi-Faith Advisory Council and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.