Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture - Celebrating the History
Since the inception of the Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture, Loyola has been host to a variety of engaging speakers discussing topics that bring together the Jewish and Christian communities. Here is a look back at the lectures that have enriched the educational experience for Loyola students and provided a forum for important discussion in our community:

A photo from the luncheon announcing the Jerome S. Cardin Chair in the Humanities and the Jerome S. Cardin Lecture. Foreground: Jacob L. Cardin; Left to right: Jacob's wife, Mrs. Florence J. Cardin; Jacob's son, Jerome S. Cardin '45; Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J.; Jerome's wife, Mrs. Shoshana Cardin; and George W. McManus, Esq. '43.

Rev. Harold Ridley, S.J.; Mrs. Shoshana Cardin, and His Eminence William Cardinal Keeler, the 1995 Cardin lecturer.
 
                           Believing Without Belief, Spirituality Without Team Spirit: Thinking about Tolerance in the Twenty-First Century
 
                           Spinoza on the Divinity of Scripture
 
                           Christian-Jewish Dialogue in a Most Unexpected Time
 
                           The Rise and Fall of Adam & Eve
 
                           General Grant and the Jews: The Election of 1868 and the Origins Of Jewish Politics in the United States
 
                           From Rabbi to Nazi: The Vicissitudes of Jesus in Modern Theology
 
                           The Art of Dialogue: Jewish – Christian Relations in a Post-Shoah World
 
                           Jerusalem, Jerusalem: Jewish-Christian Bonds—and Bondage—in the Holy City
 
                           The Hidden Law in Bernard Malamud
 
                           Judaism and Christianity: A Category Mistake?
 
                           A Light for the Gentiles
 
                           Addressing Different Audiences: Hannah Arendt's Writing Between Germany and the United States
 
                           The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
 
                           Melville, Faulkner and the Biblical Strand of American Prose
 
                           Jewish Art/Christian Art? Symbiosis and Otherness
 
                           Anger and Indifference - The Doubtful Future of the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue
 
                           The One God, Trinity, and the Jews
 
                           Roman Perspectives on Jews and Judaism
 
                           Re-visioning the Self: The Golden Calf
 
                           Unique Problems of the Holocaust
 
                           Portia's Portrait: Representation As Exchange in The Merchant of Venice
 
                           A Lesson in Aesthetics, Politics and Feeling
The New Moment in Catholic-Jewish Relations
Blacks, Christians, and Jews
Martin Luther King, Jr., Rabbi Heschel, and the Prophetic Roots of Democracy
Beyond Nietzsche: The Modern Concern for Victims
Reading the Book: The Modern Concern of Victims
The Recovery of the Jewish Heritage
Defining Religious Identity: Christians and Jews in Seventh Century Byzantium
The Challenge of the Church and Its Relationship to the Jewish People
Biblical Narrative: The Truth of History and The Truth of Fiction
An Evening with Chaim Potok
Event Information
Date:
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Location:
McGuire Hall - Campus Map
Andrew White Student Center
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland