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Kazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace
American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World…
Read moreProvidence and Interreligious Encounter
Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant leaders gathered for a two-day conference in Providence, Rhode Island, called the “Seminar on Human Relationships” to…
Read moreChristian-Jewish Dialogue: Faith is why we are here today
“My first glimpse of a barrier as a child was the sight of little fish moving back and forth in a fish tank. It was the only home they knew, and if I…
Read moreNot Just the Time of the Other
What Does It Mean for Christians Today to Remember Shabbat and Keep It Holy?
Read morePsalm 27 and Teshuvah: an Interpretation
A custom widely followed among traditionally observant Jews is to recite Psalm 27 at the conclusion of the morning and evening services during the…
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg - Address from the Churches
Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…
Read moreProvidence and Interreligious Encounter
Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant leaders gathered for a two-day conference in Providence, Rhode Island, called the “Seminar on Human Relationships” to…
Read moreKazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace
American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World…
Read morePsalm 27 and Teshuvah: an Interpretation
A custom widely followed among traditionally observant Jews is to recite Psalm 27 at the conclusion of the morning and evening services during the…
Read moreNot Just the Time of the Other
What Does It Mean for Christians Today to Remember Shabbat and Keep It Holy?
Read moreWhere to from Here? Continuing Challenges in Jewish–Catholic Conversation
The decades of fruitful dialogue between Jews and Catholics, also undertaken by many mainstream Christian communities after the Second World War, has…
Read moreThe Legacy of Anti-Judaism in the Works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
While Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the few Christian leaders in Nazi Germany who advocated for the church to fight against antisemitism,Anker[1] he…
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Book Reviews |
Thomas Albert Howard:
The Faiths of Others. A History of Interreligious Dialogue.
Yale University Press: 2021; 376 Pages; $38.00
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Rabbi Dennis Ross:
Year with Martin Buber: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion
Jewish Publication Society, an imprint of the University of Nebraska…
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The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik's Commentary to the Gospels.
Edited with an introduction and commentary by Shaul…
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Paula Fredriksen:
When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation
New Haven, Yale University Press, 2018, pp. viii+261, $27.50.
Cardinal Czerny: Edith Stein, a woman of truth and love
09 August 2022 - This 9 August marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Edith Stein, St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who was killed at Auschwitz…
Read moreProf. Amy-Jill Levine was awarded first “Seelisberg Prize”
On Sunday, June 26, 2022, the widely praised New Testament scholar, Professor Amy-Jill Levine, was awarded the first ever SEELISBERG PRIZE.
Read more‘Jews’ series of Historical Archives of Secretariat of State published online
23 June 2022. At the request of Pope Francis, the virtual reproduction of a collection preserving the requests for help addressed to Pope Pius XII by…
Read moreKristallnacht remembered
Sermon at Adas Israel Synagogue, Washington, DC, November 4, 1988.
Read moreA meditation for Yom Kippur: Isaiah and us this year
Why do we Jews fast on Yom Kippur? Is the fast meaningful or do we just do it out of habit or because of peer pressure (“Everyone is fasting”). Do we…
Read moreThe ICCJ welcomes a new President and Executive Board
At their Annual General Meeting the ICCJ member organizations elected a new Executive Board for a tenure of three years. Chaired by the new ICCJ…
Read moreWhen the Nazis came, not everyone divided neatly into ‘good’ neighbors and ‘bad’
Lessons from my father’s German village about those who helped the Jews.
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg - Defining Antisemitism
Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg - Address from the Churches
Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg - Reflection
Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg: Examining The Need For A New Context In Dialogue
Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…
Read moreFight Antisemitism, Protect Jewish Life - Declaration on the 80th Anniversary of the Wannsee Conference
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, influential representatives of Protestant churches and Jewish associations from…
Read moreOn the occasion of the 55th anniversary of “Nostra aetate” (no.4)
Messages of Cardinal Kurt Koch and the “International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations” (IJCIC) on the occasion of the 55th…
Read morePondering the Possible Interreligious Consequences of the Proposed Israeli Annexation of Parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley
Statment issued by the ICCJ Executive Board of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ), Heppenheim/Germany, June 18, 2020
Read moreICCJ Statement on the Global Ecological Crisis
For Christians around the world September 1, the "Day of Prayer for Creation", marks the beginning of the "Season of Creation", an ecumenical…
Read moreBetween Jerusalem and Rome - כלל ופרט בין ירושלים לרומי
The Shared Universal and the Respected Particular. Reflections on 50 Years of Nostra Aetate.
Read moreTo Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians
After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the…
Read moreDeclaration for the Upcoming Jubilee of Brotherhood
On November 23, 2015 at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris, the "Declaration for the Upcoming Jubilee of Brotherhood," signed by various persons of…
Read moreManifesto for Combating Religious Extremism
The threat posed by religious extremists is global, immediate, violent and deeply rooted in issues of identity, theology and faith. Countless…
Read more"Interreligious dialogue is a sign of our times"
30.06.2022 - The following is the text prepared for the Holy Father and handed by him to Cardinal Koch, to be conveyed to the delegation of the…
Read moreAddress to a Delegation from B'nai B'rith International
Monday, 30 May 2022.
Read moreYour sufferings are our sufferings
Addres of His Holiness at a meeting with the Jewish community of Slovakia, Bratislava, Rybné námestie Square, Monday, 13 September 2021.
Read moreEducation in Fraternity
Address of His Holines during the meeting with representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and some Jewish communities in Hungary, Museum of…
Read moreJesus the faithful Jew: How misreadings of the Christian Gospels miss this and fuel anti-Judaism
This year, Easter and Passover, holidays central to Christianity and Judaism, respectively, begin on the same weekend. This timing provides an ideal…
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg - How far we've come and how far we have to go
Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg - Reflections on the Seelisberg conference an its 10 Points
Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…
Read moreThe Church and Beyond: Hans Küng and Interreligious Relations
Hans Küng is best known for his analyses of the Catholic Church, both theologically and institutionally. But we need to appreciate as well his…
Read moreSupersessionism: Admit and Address Rather than Debate or Deny
“I Have Come Not to Abolish but to Fulfil”
Reflections on Understanding Christianity as Fulfilment without Presupposing Supersessionism.
Read moreRevisiting the Parable of the Good Samaritan
The Gospel story of a Samaritan who assists the victim of a vicious assault has entered popular consciousness. The parable and its…
Read moreNo one is saved alone
Final communique at the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace between the large world religions, October 20, 2020, Rome.
Read moreUrgent Action Needed to Prevent COVID-19
March 25th, 2020. The COVID-19 virus presents the entire world with a series of humanitarian, financial, social and political challenges, which do not…
Read moreDeclaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace
Lindau, Germany, 23 August 2019
Read moreThe specific multi-religious character of Jerusalem / Al-Quds Acharif must be protected
Appeal by His Majesty King Mohammed VI and His Holiness Pope Francis regarding Jerusalem / Al-Quds the Holy Citiy and a place of encounter. Issued…
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