Amy-Jill Levine, a scholar of the Christian Bible, will headline a Jewish-Catholic dialogue regarding Mel Gibson’s controversial film “The Passion of the Christ” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St. The event is free.
Levine, a professor at Vanderbilt University, will deliver the night’s keynote speech and engage in a discussion with the Rev. Stephen Meriwether, chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and Caryl Stern, the Anti-Defamation League’s senior associate national director.
The event is co-sponsored by the ADL, the archdiocese, the University of San Francisco and the Taube Center for Family Life at the JCCSF. For more information, call (415) 981-3500.