Berkley Center

Paul Mendes-Flohr is the Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought and associate faculty in the Department of History at the University of Chicago. Dr. Mendes-Flohr’s major research interests include modern Jewish intellectual history, modern Jewish philosophy and religious thought, philosophy of religion, German intellectual history, and the history and sociology of intellectuals.

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.