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Philip A. Cunningham is a professor of theology and the co-director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With a background in biblical studies and religious education, he specializes in theologies of the Christian and Jewish—and especially the Catholic-Jewish—relationship and has written or co-edited over 10 books and dozens of articles and book chapters. Most recently, he authored Maxims for Mutuality: Principles for Catholic Theology, Education, and Preaching about Jews and Judaism (2022) and co-edited Enabling Dialogue about the Land: A Resource Book for Jews and Christians (2020). Cunningham is an honorary president of the International Council of Christians and Jews and has served on the Advisory Committee on Catholic-Jewish Relations for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He is also the webmaster of the Internet library Dialogika of the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations.

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. Dr. Joseph Sievers is an author and academic who served until 2023 as professor of Jewish history and literature of the Hellenistic Period at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy. His books include the edited volume, The Pharisees (2021, with Amy-Jill Levine).  In 2023 he was honored by the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) with the prestigious Seelisberg Prize for the major role of his scholarship and teaching in advancing the rapprochement between Jews and Christians.

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).