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The 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 morePope: May Jews and Christians continue to grow in friendship
12 December 2022 - In an audience with members of a French group dedicated to Jewish-Christian dialogue, Pope Francis stresses the importance of…
Read moreICCJ 2023 Conference: Negotiating Multiple Identities
Preparations for ICCJ's 2023 annual conference to be held in Boston/USA, June 18-21, are under way. The theme of the conference is "Negotiating…
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 moreICCJ 2023 Conference: Negotiating Multiple Identities
Preparations for ICCJ's 2023 annual conference to be held in Boston/USA, June 18-21, are under way. The theme of the conference is "Negotiating…
Read more“Children of the Devil”: John 8:44 and its Early Reception
In 1971, the first year of my BA studies at the University of Toronto, I read a powerful book that has stayed with me all these years: The Devil and…
Read moreThe Contribution of Religious Education to the Prevention of Antisemitism: An International Empirical Study
This research project is situated in the Europe-wide discussion on historical remembrance and the challenges of antisemitism today. The specific…
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?
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Book Reviews |
Rebecca Moore:
A Blessing to Each Other. A New Account of Jewish and Christian Relations
New York, Crossroad Publishing Company, 2021, 293 pp.
Book Reviews |
Philip A. Cunningham:
Maxims for Mutuality: Principles for Catholic Theology, Education, and Preaching about Jews and Judaism
New York and Mahwah, NJ:…
Book Reviews |
Matt Jackson-McCabe
Jewish Christianity: The Making of the Christianity-Judaism Divide.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. pp. 328. $65.
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Thomas Albert Howard:
The Faiths of Others. A History of Interreligious Dialogue.
Yale University Press: 2021; 376 Pages; $38.00
Pope Francis receives historic World Jewish Congress delegation to strengthen Jewish-Catholic ties
22 Nov 2022 WJC President Ronald S. Lauder announces launch of ‘Kishreinu’ (Our Bond) Initiative.
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Promoting the work of people engaged in interreligious dialogue
November 09 Wed, 2022 BEER SHEVA – On November 8th, the Center for the Study of Conversion and Interreligious Encounters (CSoC) granted to three…
Read moreThe Heschel Center Inaugurated at the Catholic University of Lublin
The Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations - a new scientific, educational, and cultural unit to deepen Catholic-Jewish relations…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 moreFraternal dialogue is the groundwork for peace
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the participants iin the conference of the World Jewish Congress, Clementine Hall,
Tuesday, 22 November 2022.
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 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 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 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…
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 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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