David Saperstein is an American rabbi, lawyer and Jewish community leader who served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom from 2015-2017. He previously served as the director and chief legal counsel at the Union for Reform Judaism‘s Religious Action Center for more than 40 years and as a commissioner at the U.S. Commission on International Religious […]

The Pave the Way Foundation is a New York-based organization dedicated to fostering interreligious understanding. The foundation’s president, Gary Krupp, organized a January 2005 meeting at the Vatican between 160 Jewish leaders and the pope.

David Berger is a history professor at Brooklyn College who specializes in medieval Jewish history, Jewish-Christian relations, anti-Semitism, contemporary Orthodox Judaism, and the intellectual history of the Jews. He wrote a May 2004 essay in Commentary magazine titled “Jews, Christians and ‘The Passion.’”

Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, Conn., and a co-founder of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. The center is a leading forum for dialogue and learning.

Read the declaration “Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity” that was issued by more than 170 Jewish scholars in September 2000. It is considered a landmark document in Christian-Jewish relations.

Stephen M. Colecchi, D. Min., Director, USCCB Office for International Justice and Peace, holds a master of arts in religion from Yale University and a doctor of ministry degree from St. Mary’s Seminary and University. He has written numerous articles on Catholic social teaching, social justice, political responsibility, jubilee and the infusion of Catholic social […]

Cathy Cleaver Ruse is Senior Fellow, Legal Studies at the Family Research Council. Her professional experience spans the fields of communication, public policy and law. She has appeared on PBS’s Firing Line and CNN’s Crossfire. She has published scholarly legal articles on constitutional issues and has filed “friend of the court” briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court. She […]

Mark E. Chopko is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law and an expert on church-state relations. He has been a member of the Board of Scholars of the DePaul Law School’s Center for Church-State Studies, the American Corporate Counsel Association and the National Council of Churches Religious Liberty Committee. He is the author […]

Alejandro Aguilera, Assistant Director, USCCB Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs, is co-author of the series Prophets of Hope, St. Mary’s Press, and contributing editor of Liturgia y Canción, Oregon Catholic Press. He is a board member of the National Catholic Network for Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry, the National Association of Catechists Working with Hispanics, and the […]