Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations

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Joseph Thomas Kelley
Professor, Religious and Theological Studies

Full-Time Staff

Aldebran Longabaugh-Burg
Assistant Director, Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations
Tamar Miller
Program Director, Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations

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

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Joseph Thomas Kelley

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Tamar Miller

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