Luther Statement
To Be Marked

JODI CARRIS

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

The Southeast Michigan Synod
of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church and the American Jew-
ish Committee will co-host a his-
toric gathering Sunday, Oct. 20.

Rabbi. Rudin:
Historic event.

The two groups will com-
memorate the statement two
years ago by the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America
(ELCA) repudiating the anti-
Semitism of Protestant Church
founder Martin Luther.
The program, open to the pub-
lic, will feature the AJCommit-
tee's Rabbi A. James Rudin and
Professor Franklin Sherman of
Muhlenberg College, an institute
of the ELCA.
Rabbi Rudin is national in-
terreligious affairs director of the
AJCommittee. Professor Sher-
man recently retired as director
of the Institute of Jewish-Chris-
tian Understanding at Muhlen-
berg College.
The Oct. 20 event will be held
4 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the
Master, 3333 Coolidge, Troy. A
reception will follow. ❑

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