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The People of Israel, the Land of Israel and the State of Israel: A Constructive Response
It is indeed a personal pleasure to respond to Fr. Neuhaus’ excellent lecture; our acquaintance goes back many years. I always have appreciated the…
Read moreBroken Roots. What Happens When We Don’t Know Jesus’s Jewish Context
On the 16th of October, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the highest-ranking Catholic Church clergyman in the Israel region, made an offer that shocked the…
Read more"Not weapons, not terrorism, not war, but compassion, justice and dialogue are the fitting means for building peace"
Address of His Holiness to a Delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis, 6 November 2023.
Read moreAn open letter to His Holiness, Pope Francis, and to the Faithful of the Catholic Church
November 12th, 2023
Read moreDialogue must go on
This message is for all of you who have been active in Jewish Christian dialogue and in Three Faiths initiatives for many years.
Read moreDialogue must go on
This message is for all of you who have been active in Jewish Christian dialogue and in Three Faiths initiatives for many years.
Read morePope Francis meets with delegation from US Holocaust Museum
25 Oct. 2023 - A representative of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC says that Pope Francis’ decision to open the Vatican Archives is…
Read moreThe People of Israel, the Land of Israel and the State of Israel: A Constructive Response
It is indeed a personal pleasure to respond to Fr. Neuhaus’ excellent lecture; our acquaintance goes back many years. I always have appreciated the…
Read moreThe People of Israel, the Land of Israel, and the State of Israel
In 1994, the Holy See signed an agreement with the State of Israel, establishing diplomatic relations. What is the position of the Catholic Church…
Read moreThe Non-Violent Liberation Theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi
This article explores how Gandhi and Heschel developed a liberation theology that was rooted in their religious praxis, which implied an active,…
Read moreSalvation and the Jews
In Jesus’s exchange with the Samaritan woman in the Gospel of John, he tells her that “salvation is from the Jews” (John 4:22). Scripture affirms that…
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Book Reviews |
Karma Ben-Johanan:
Jacob’s Younger Brother: Christian-Jewish Relations after Vatican II
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2022, hardcover, 352 pp, $…
Book Reviews |
Jerry Z. Muller:
Professor of Apocalypse. The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes.
Princeton University Press 2022.
656 Pages, Hardcover. $39.95
Book Reviews |
Wulfert de Greef:
Of One Tree: Calvin on Jews and Christians in the Context of the Late Middle Ages
(Refo500 Academic Studies, Vol. 83.) Translated by…
Book Reviews |
Justo L. González:
The Bible in the Early Church
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2022
Paperback, 204 p, $ 19.90
Discovery shines light on Church's protection of Jews during Nazi persecution
September 7, 2023 - The Pontifical Biblical Institute announces the discovery of documents listing the names of people, mostly Jews, who were given…
Read moreThe Ulma family: a remarkable beatification of martyrdom
August 31, 2023 - Killed for having hidden eight Jews in their home in 1944, the Ulma family is due to be beatified on 10 September 2023, making it…
Read moreGermany: Debates continue over the “Judensau” carvings on medieval churches
August 11, 2023 - This post isn’t about Jewish heritage — but about heritage referencing Jews…. The Jewish Chronicle and other media recently have…
Read moreSeelisberg Prize 2023 to Joseph Sievers
As part of the opening event of the International Conference of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) in Boston, USA, on Sunday 18…
Read moreMy Jewish Connections
Joseph Epstein recently gave himself the sobriquet of pious Jewish agnostic and explained his pride as a member of a “club… whose members have…
Read moreOn the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy
A Jewish Perspective.
Read moreA Rabbi and an Imam: Living in a time of religious illiteracy
2023-02-23. Schlomo Hofmeister has been the municipal rabbi of Vienna since 2008. Tarafa Baghajati is the imam and chairman of the “Initiative of…
Read moreHadamar memorial: History teaches us to be vigilant
Dr. Jan Erik Schulte, historian and Director of the Hadamar Museum reflects on the Memorial on the anniversary of the "Night of the broken glass."
Read moreBroken Roots. What Happens When We Don’t Know Jesus’s Jewish Context
On the 16th of October, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the highest-ranking Catholic Church clergyman in the Israel region, made an offer that shocked the…
Read moreHope for the Future - A Study Document for Renewing Jewish-Christian Relations
This study document is intended as an educational resource and reflection tool to stimulate a renewal of Jewish-Christian relations in the various LWF…
Read moreJews and Christians; becoming friends: A five-week scripture study course
This booklet is a five-week scripture study course. It is based on a course on Christianity and Judaism given alongside Stan Keller, the chairman of…
Read more"Caring for the world between us" - Greetings for the ICCJ 2023 Conference
In her welcome address, Rabbi Anisfeld hoped that the ICCJ 2023 Conference would inspire us to renew our commitment to caring for the "world between…
Read moreICCJ-Statement: In Solidarity With Israel
10.10.2023 - A few days ago, on Shabbat morning and on the onset of Simchat Torah which was supposed to be a day of peace and joy, Israel experienced…
Read moreJewish and Catholic Approaches to the terminally ill: The Prohibited, the Permitted and the Obligatory
12.05.2023 - Joint Statement of the 17th Bilateral Commission of the Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See’s Commission for…
Read moreA National Reckoning of the Soul
A Call to the Churches of the United States to Confront the Crisis of Antisemitism
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 moreAn open letter to His Holiness, Pope Francis, and to the Faithful of the Catholic Church
November 12th, 2023
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 more"Not weapons, not terrorism, not war, but compassion, justice and dialogue are the fitting means for building peace"
Address of His Holiness to a Delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis, 6 November 2023.
Read moreWalking Together: Catholics with Jews in the Australian Context
Launched by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, March 2023.
Read moreHelping Jews and Christians to rediscover themselves as brothers, children of the same Father
Address of His Holiness to Members of "Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France", Consistory Hall, Monday, 12 December 2022.
Read moreU.S. Bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Emphasizes Recommitment to Relationship with Jewish Community
November 28, 2022. WASHINGTON - In 1965, Pope Paul VI issued the Vatican Council’s declaration about other world religions, Nostra Aetate (“In our…
Read moreUnderstanding Jesus means understanding Judaism
In 2021, the Deutsche Bibel Gesellschaft published Das Neue Testament - jüdisch Erklärt,[1] the German translation of The Jewish Annotated New…
Read more‘They Beheld God, and They Ate and Drank’
A Theological Reflection on Exodus 24:11 from the Perspective of the Dialogue between Judaism and Christianity.
Read moreThe Importance of the Jewishness of Jesus for Interpreting the Gospels
In the first part of the paper, we will address certain theological and historical reasons for the exclusion of the Jewishness of Jesus from both…
Read more"Preaching and Teaching With Love and Respect for the Jewish People."
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has published on its website a 56-page guide to "Preaching and Teaching With Love and Respect for the…
Read moreLooking for a new framework
According to the authors, the Catholic Church needs to rethink its relationship with Israel according to a paradigm that makes it possible to believe…
Read moreJewish-Christian Identities in Conflict: The Cases of Fr. Daniel Rufeisen and Fr. Elias Friedman
The status of Jewish identity in cases of conversion to another religion is a contentious issue and was brought to the forefront of public attention…
Read moreThe Religious (Jewish) Other in Christianity: Some Theological Considerations
When a Christian – and, particularly, Protestant – theologian, like myself, explores the question of what Christianity says about the religious, and…
Read moreThe Cruelty of Supersessionism: The Case of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The impact of the Shoah on Christian biblical and theological studies has been significant. The Christian doctrine of supersessionism, the replacement…
Read moreThe elderly in contemporary society and their protection
Declaration of the Abrahamic Religions, Buenos Aires, Monday, August 28, 2023.
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
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