Can Jews and Christians Be Friends? Lessons from Mendelssohn and Lessing
Event Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 7:30pm
Dr. Edward Breuer
CAN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS BE FRIENDS?
Lessons from Mendelssohn and Lessing
In an age when true Jewish Christian friendship was rare, the
dedicated eighteenth century relationship between Moses
Mendelssohn and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing stands out, although not without its religious tension.
Edward Breuer received his PhD from Harvard University and
currently teaches at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He
will explore this particular friendship and its challenges, as
a model for Jewish/Christian relationships today.
Free and open to all.
Location:
Siegfried Hall, Room 1030, St. Jerome's University, 290 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, Ontario
Poster:
