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taught there, according to Father
ing partner, and Michigan Gov. Rick
Eamon Kelly, L.C., who is heading
Snyder. Davidoff and Snyder were
the Magdala project. “This is from
with separate groups of Michigan
his time, where he lived. Jesus
business and government
ABOVE:
was an itinerant rabbi. The
leaders dining at Notre Dame’s
Duc in Altum,
site is so important to both
rooftop restaurant. Davidoff,
women’s
[Jewish and Christian] com-
a former executive direc-
atrium and
munities,” he explains.
boat chapel. tor of the Jewish Federation
Perhaps the most unusual
of Metropolitan Detroit, is
element of the ancient syna-
a self-proclaimed “Israel
gogue is a large stone rectangle
fanatic” and visits Israel often with
with extensive carvings, including a
groups of business people and gov-
seven-branch menorah like the one
ernment officials from Michigan.
in the second temple. The purpose
When the three spoke that evening,
of the Magdala Stone is not certain
Kelly expressed an interest in visit-
but it may have served as an altar.
ing Michigan and Snyder tapped
Several detailed mosaics have
Davidoff to put the visit together.
been excavated and their designs
On that recent trip, Kelly toured
are duplicated in the striking Duc
the Holocaust Memorial Center, met
in Altum spiritual center that
with Detroit Archbishop Allen H.
opened near the Archaeological
Vigneron, gave the invocation for a
Park in 2010. Duc in Altum, which
lunch with the Michigan Legislature
is from the book of Luke in the New
in Lansing and attended a reception
Testament, means “Launch into the
for business, government and reli-
Deep.”
gious leaders hosted by Snyder.
The beautiful, modern complex
This gave him a chance to recon-
includes a Women’s Atrium hon-
nect with individuals he knew
oring Mary Magdalene and other
early in his career when he worked
women of the Old Testament; a boat in youth ministry in the Detroit
chapel with an altar shaped like an
area and taught a religion class
ancient fishing boat; mosaic chapels; at Brother Rice High School in
and an encounter chapel. A guest-
Bloomfield Hills.
house and educational and confer-
Davidoff describes Kelly as “sort of
ence center are being built nearby
an ambassador,” he said. “Watching
with completion expected in 2018.
how people react to him is amazing.”
Kelly views the discovery of the
ancient city of Magdala as a “cata-
BUILDING INTERFAITH
lyst for renewal and reconciliation
RELATIONSHIPS
Kelly, who is vice director of
worldwide. We need to sow seeds
“Magdala — The Crossroads of
of understanding in this time of
Jewish and Christian History”
divisiveness and crass tribalism,” he
and vice chargé of the Pontifical
said.
Institute, Notre Dame of Jerusalem
Magdala’s Archaeological Park has
Center, recently traveled in the U.S.
been open to the public since 2010
to expand interfaith relationships as and has attracted approximately
well as build awareness of and raise
80,000 visitors this year. •
funds for the Magdala project.
To learn more about the Archaeological Park
It was at the Notre Dame Center
and the Duc in Altum Spiritual Center, visit
where earlier this year he met Mark
Davidoff, Deloitte’s Michigan manag- magdala.org.