Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations

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Joseph Thomas Kelley
Professor, Religious and Theological Studies

Adjunct Faculty/Associate Staff
Name	Title
Mark Allman	Associate and Professor, Religious and Theological Studies
Shua Khan Arshad	Associate
Rabbi Robert Goldstein	Former Chair
Mary Kantor	Associate and Adjunct Professor, Religious and Theological Studies
Yehezkel Landau	Senior Associate
Mohammed Lazzouni	Former Chair
Rabbi Howard Mandell	Adjunct Lecturer
Josef Meri	Senior Associate
Joseph V. Montville	Senior Associate
Padraic O’Hare	Founder, Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations
Emma Polyakov	Associate and Assistant Professor, Religious and Theological Studies

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