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Combating Anti–Semitism Together
On the occasion of the Day of Judaism in Italy (January 17, 2021), L'Osservatore Romano published this text by Fr. Norbert Hofmann, Secretary of the…
Read moreInternational Creative Contest of the Friends and Sponsors of the Martin Buber House
29.01.2021 The past year, 2020, was different from all the years before. Covid-19 cut down our social contacts, reduced our travel, influenced our…
Read moreWilliam Henry Bartlett: 19th-Century Anglican Student of Jerusalem
For those who do not have – or who do not have access to – William H. Bartlett’s Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem, this is a review…
Read moreLeading Jewish Voices on the Environment
Even though there are various ‘Chief Rabbis’ (and not one but two in Israel!), the Jewish community does not operate with a hierarchy and a pope, as…
Read morePhilanthropy – just giving?
The super-rich give billions of pounds every year to the poor. But the bond of mutual respect between giver and receiver has been lost. The author of…
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…
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Book Reviews |
Magda Teter:
Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020. 560 pp. $39.95 (cloth)
Book Reviews |
Jonathan Sacks:
Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence
New York: Schocken, 2015. 320 pp. $14.45
Book Reviews |
Ilana Pardes:
The Song of Songs: A Biography.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. 296 pp. $24.95 (cloth)
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.…
Meeting of the 2021 Holy Land Co-ordination
The Bishops of the Holy Land Co-ordination, an international annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, have released a final communique having met remotely…
Read moreGermany: Remembrance for the victims of National Socialism
On Wednesday, 27 January 2021, the Bundestag remembered the victims of National Socialism. The Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National…
Read moreEnabling Dialogue about the Land
NOW AVAILABLE! ICCJ-Book: "Enabling Dialogue about the Land: A Resource Book for Jews and Christians", edited by Philip A. Cunningham, Ruth Langer and…
Read moreBiannual Meeting of the Dialogue of The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and The Canadian Rabbinic Caucus
Ottawa – The national bilateral dialogue of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus met for its biannual…
Read more55 years since Nostra Aetate: The future of interreligious dialogue
Without doubt, this document served to radically change the discourse in the field of Jewish-Christian dialogue.
Read more"We are fighting antisemitism! We are protecting Jewish life! We are standing with Israel!"
The Federal President of Germany in a video contribution to an event hosted by the President of the State of Israel commemorating the November Pogroms…
Read moreThe 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 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 more200 quotations – Interfaith Dialogue
A collection of 200 dialogue and dialogue-related quotations, gathered from a wide range of sources – ancient and modern.
Read moreThe Significance of Jerusalem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College is devoted to the multifaceted development and implementation of new relationships between…
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 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 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 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 moreFinal Communique of the 2021 Holy Land Co-ordination
The Bishops of the Holy Land Co-ordination, an international annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, have released a final communique having met remotely…
Read more“Fratelli tutti”: short summary of Pope Francis's Social Encyclical
Fraternity and social friendship are the ways the Pontiff indicates to build a better, more just and peaceful world, with the contribution of all:…
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 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 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 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…
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 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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