Rabbi David Fox Sandmel is a scholar of Jewish-Christian relations and an interfaith activist, and has been the director of interfaith affairs at the Anti-Defamation League since 2014. Rabbi Sandmel will present "Can Interreligious Dialogue Save the Planet and Bring the Messiah?" on November 13, 2016, as part of the Abraham Joshua Herschel lecture series at Elmhurst College.

From 2003 to 2014, Rabbi Sandmel held the Crown-Ryan Chair in Jewish Studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He is an editor of "Christianity in Jewish Terms and Irreconcilable Differences: A Learning Resource for Jews and Christians", and his commentary on First Thessalonians appears in The Jewish Annotated New Testament.

Rabbi David Fox Sandmel’s talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 13, in the Founders Lounge of the Frick Center (190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, www.elmhurst.edu/campusmap). Admission is free.

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