“Anti-Semitism, America, and the Middle East,” with Jewish Studies Scholar, Dr. Susannah Heschel

In this episode, Fr. Massa interviews Jewish scholar, Dr. Susannah Heschel about Judaism in America, Jewish-Catholic relations, and the war in the Middle East. Join us for an engaging and informative discussion!

Susannah Heschel is the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor and chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on the Wissenschaft des Judentums, and she has used feminist, postcolonial, and critical race theoretical models in interpreting Jewish-Christian relations.

She is the author of many books, and she is also the recipient of five honorary doctorates from institutions in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland. She has held research grants from the Carnegie Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.

Credits:

Podcast Host: Mark Massa, S.J. Production: Madeline Jarrett

Music: • Bourree 4th Lute Suite; Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com); Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

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