30th Anniversary of “Declaration of the ELCA to the Jewish Community” Luncheon Panel
Register to join us for a special luncheon panel in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of the ELCA to the Jewish Community. This event will take place in person or online at 1:00 pm CST at 5416 S Cornell Ave, Room 210. If you are participating in-person, the Annual Kristallnacht Service of Remembrance will take place at 11:30 am CST at 5416 S. Cornell Ave, Chicago in LSTC’s Chapel on the 4th Floor. Please visit the Kristallnacht Service event webpage for more details and the virtual zoom link. The lunch panel will begin soon after on the 2nd Floor, room 210 at 1:00 pm CST.
If you are participating online
The 30th Anniversary of “Declaration of the ELCA to the Jewish Community” Luncheon Panel will begin at 1:00 PM CST. You can access it here: https://lstc-edu.zoom.us/j/84279055406
30th Anniversary of “Declaration of the ELCA to the Jewish Community” Luncheon Panel: 1:00 pm CT at 5416 S Cornell Ave, Room 210
Following in the footsteps of the Lutheran World Federation, the newly formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) took up the work of repudiating Luther’s anti-Judaism beginning in the early 1990s. The ELCA’s Consultative Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Relations, an advisory body to the Presiding Bishop, built on the foundations of the ELCA’s predecessor bodies. The result was “A Declaration of the ELCA to the Jewish Community,” adopted by the Church Council in 1994. This living document repudiates Luther’s anti-Semitic writings and expresses the church’s longing to be in right relationship with the Jewish community. As we recognize the 30th anniversary of this document, we will hear about the history and context of the document, reaffirm the commitments made in it, and consider personal reflections about what the Declaration has meant and what it means now in our life and work.
Panelists
- Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, ELCA
- Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President, Union for Reform Judaism
- Prof. Esther Menn, Chair, ELCA Consultative Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Relations
For questions related to this event, please contact Sara Trumm, Director of CCME (strumm@LSTC.EDU)
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