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Philip A. Cunningham is a professor of theology and director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University. He previously served as president of the International Council of Christians and Jews and on the Advisory Committee on Catholic-Jewish Relations for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He holds a Ph.D. in religion and education from Boston College.

Amy-Jill Levine is the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, as well as University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. Levine lectures on the Bible, Christian-Jewish relations, and religion, gender, and sexuality. Levine holds a B.A. from Smith College and M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University.

Rev. Joseph Sievers is an author and academic who serves as professor of Jewish history and literature of the Hellenistic Period at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy. He holds a M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Amelia ("Amy") Uelmen is the director for mission and ministry and a lecturer at Georgetown Law and a senior research fellow at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Her seminar courses help students develop the communication skills they need to foster understanding across deep differences. Her scholarship focuses on how religious values might shed light on tort law, legal ethics and legal education, and how principles of dialogue might inform debates about religion in the public square. Previously Uelmen was the founding director of Fordham University's Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer's Work (2001-2011) and an associate with law firm Arnold & Porter (1996-2000).