Jewish-Christian Relations
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The Jewish community is once again ready to place our trust in Germany, our home
Speech of the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dr Josef Schuster, at the ceremony for the 70th Anniversary of the Central Council,…
Read moreRabbi Adin Even Israel Steinsaltz died on August 7, 2020 at the age of 83
The Jewish world loses one of the most prominent names in Judaism today, Rabbi Adin Even Yisrael Steinsaltz (1937-2020). He left as a legacy a…
Read moreCan Those Chosen by God Dialogue with Others?
In a well-known typology of encounter between religions that has become a standard among religious dialogicians, Alan Race first mentions the approach…
Read moreGuilt and the Transformation of Christian-Jewish Relations [1]
What happens when attention is shifted from forgiveness to guilt, from reconciliation to sin? Guilt and forgiveness, sin and redemption are often…
Read moreThe providential mystery of the friendship between Jews and Christians
Archbishop Pierre d'Ornellas*, Archbishop of Rennes, received the Prix de l'Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France, which was presented to him on November…
Read moreFundamentalism: A Jewish Perspective
PRECIS: In this paper, by comparing a contemporary fundamentalist Jewish concept – Da`at Torah (“the Opinion of the Torah”) – with the Roman Catholic…
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Book Reviews |
Tova Ganzel, Yehudah Brandes, Chayuta Deutsch, eds.
The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible.
Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2019. 582 pp.…
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Daniel G. Hummel:
Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. 352 pp.…
Book Reviews |
Richard I. Sugarman:
Levinas and the Torah: A Phenomenological Approach.
SUNY Series in Contemporary Jewish Thought. Albany: SUNY Press, 2019. 384 pp.…
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Matthias Henze:
Mind the Gap: How the Jewish Writings between the Old and New Testament Help Us Understand Jesus.
(Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017),…
We must never ignore hatred and rabble rousing
Sep 15, 2020 Chancellor Angela Merkel has praised the Central Council of Jews on Germany on its 70th anniversary, as "a critical watchdog and…
Read more41st Christian Commemoration of the Shoah by the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal
MONTREAL, May 1, 2020. In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal (CJDM) has invited Chritian communities of Canada…
Read moreICCJ Consultation "Many Meanings of Mission"
The ICCJ Board convened in February 2020 in the ICCJ headquarters, the Martin-Buber-House in Heppenheim, for a two-day consultation on a provocative…
Read moreReligious leaders in Israel prayed together for salvation from the pandemic
In a unique move, religious leaders in Israel have taken a stand against the corona virus at the end of April. "Hundreds of thousands have died,…
Read moreSpiritual and Theological Reflections on Life with the Coronavirus
It will surprise no one that ICCJ’s Theology Committee, being an international grouping, tends to meet virtually. At one level, then, the turmoil of…
Read moreMorality in the Jewish State–Does it Still Matter?
The return of the Jewish People to its ancestral homeland after 2,000 years has been nothing short of a miracle. Our people retained a dream of…
Read more"Remembrance never ends".
Germany's Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the 75th anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism and the end of the Second World…
Read moreShalom in the Era of the Coronavirus Crisis
During the last 10 days, I have gone for a walk a few times with some members of my family (while observing the proper “social distance” of 2 meters…
Read moreReligious communities in times of coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing entire countries to rethink deeply-held social norms. Faith leaders are coming up with new ways to reach their…
Read morePray, but stay away: holding on to faith in the time of coronavirus
Plagues of global proportions might seem biblical, but coronavirus is creating new challenges for faith leaders. Last week in Australia, many…
Read moreWhat is a bar mitzvah?
It is a common scene on many a Saturday morning in cities and towns across the United States to see seventh- and eighth-grade boys and girls, a few…
Read moreHas the Way Christians See Themselves Been Affected by Their New Relationship with Jews?
Lecture given at the ICCJ 2019 conference, July 1, Lund, Sweden.
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 moreThe Demands of Our Time
Looking with alarm and revulsion upon the current resurgence of antisemitism in many countries the ICCJ publishes a statement entitled "The Demands of…
Read moreThe Dignity of the Human Being. Children in Jewish and Catholic Teaching
16th Bilateral Commission Meeting of the Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with the…
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 moreNo to anti-Semitism and political manipulation of the truth
Statement from the Council of European Bishops'Conferences (CCEE) and the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) on the…
Read moreOnce more I firmly condemn every form of antisemitism
Address of his Holiness Pope Francis to a delegation of the "Simon Wiesenthal Center", Consistory Hall, Monday, 20 January 2020.
Read moreA theology of welcoming and dialogue
Address of His Holiness at the meeting on the theme "Theology after Veritatis Gaudium in the context of the Mediterranean", Naples, 21 June 20109.
Read more"Jesus and the Pharisees: An Interdisciplinary Reappraisal"
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Clementine Hall
Thursday, 9 May 2019.
Read moreRabbi Dr. Michael A. Signer (1945-2009)
Ten Years ago on January 10, 2009, Rabbi Michael Signer, one of the most outstanding figures of Jewish-Christian relations of recent times, died after…
Read more"I am Joseph, Your Brother"
A documentary film (59 min.) from 2001, which follows the dramatic changes in the relations between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people over the…
Read moreWomen’s Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible
“The wisdom of women builds her house.” (Proverbs 14:1).
Read moreCatholic-Jewish Relations: Portentous Anniversaries
2018 was a year of significant anniversaries, conjuring up memories of the past, bearing portentous messages for the present and the future: 100 years…
Read moreBach Passions and Jewish-Christian Relations
Can the Bach Passions do anything for Jewish–Christian relations, not just on the basis of the magnificence of Bach’s music, but taking into account…
Read moreWhy Jews Don't Proselytize
The ancestors of the biblical Israelites, like all the other communities of the ancient Near East, were idol worshippers. We know quite a bit about…
Read morePope Pius XII’s Refusal to Publicly Condemn the Holocaust
In 2007, the beatification process of Pope Pius XII was met with protests by Jewish and Catholic leaders alike. The point of contention was the…
Read moreTo speak or not to speak: that was the Question
The forthcoming opening of the Vatican Archives on March 2 is an event of worldwide significance to historians and scholars, especially those…
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…
Read moreIsrael, Palestinians & Mid-East
Declaration of the Spain Summit for Religious Peace in the Middle East
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