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Jewish Scholar Named President of Catholic Biblical Association
August 14, 2026 - Amy-Jill Levine has made history as the first Jewish scholar to be named president of the 90-year-old Catholic Biblical Association…
Read moreRenewing Tradition: The Orthodox Christians in Dialogue with Jews Working Group and the Challenge of Anti-Judaism
In spring 2023 the Orthodox Theological Society in America (OTSA) launched a significant new initiative aimed at addressing one of the most enduring…
Read moreChristology According to the Scriptures: Complementing Nicaea with Jewish Narrative, Vocabulary, and Symbols
The composition of the Nicene Creed – technically the “Nicaeno-Constantinopolitan Creed,” as the statement of faith first drafted at Nicaea in 325 was…
Read moreRemembering Judith Hershcopf Banki (1928 - August 14, 2026)
The ICCJ mourns the recent death of Judith Hershcopf Banki, an internationally renowned writer, lecturer and pioneer in interreligious affairs.
Read moreIn Memory of Rev. Dr. John T. Pawlikowski (November 2, 1940 – June 26, 2026)
Catholic Theological Union President Fr. Enzo Del Brocco's Letter Announcing the Death of John T. Pawlikowski:
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ICCJ Awards 2026 Seelisberg Prize to Rabbi Dr. David Meyer
HANOVER, Germany — July 12, 2026 — Rabbi Dr. David Meyer, a scholar of rabbinic literature and longtime professor at the Cardinal Bea Centre for…
Read moreWe Must Learn to Hear What the Other is Really Saying
A response to Prof. Sergio Della Pergola. Concerning Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa’s Recent Pastoral Letter.
Read moreICCJ Awards 2026 Seelisberg Prize to Rabbi Dr. David Meyer
HANOVER, Germany — July 12, 2026 — Rabbi Dr. David Meyer, a scholar of rabbinic literature and longtime professor at the Cardinal Bea Centre for…
Read moreChristology According to the Scriptures: Complementing Nicaea with Jewish Narrative, Vocabulary, and Symbols
The composition of the Nicene Creed – technically the “Nicaeno-Constantinopolitan Creed,” as the statement of faith first drafted at Nicaea in 325 was…
Read moreRenewing Tradition: The Orthodox Christians in Dialogue with Jews Working Group and the Challenge of Anti-Judaism
In spring 2023 the Orthodox Theological Society in America (OTSA) launched a significant new initiative aimed at addressing one of the most enduring…
Read moreBonhoeffer, Kierkegaard, and Conditional Pacifism
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian pacifist who believed Jesus Christ taught nonviolence, yet Bonhoeffer was involved in a conspiracy to assassinate…
Read morePascha as Liberation
In Orthodox Christian tradition, the feast we are discussing today is called Pascha, which is simply the Greek form of Pesach.
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Book Reviews |
Thomas Albert Howard:
The Faiths of Others. A History of Interreligious Dialogue.
New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2021
359 pp., £ 25,00/ $ 38,-
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Sarah E. Rollens, Eric M. Vanden Eykel, and Meredith J. C. Warren, Eds.
Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and Contexts
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,…
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Steven Weitzman:
Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World.
Princeton University Press, 2026
344 p.…
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Matthew V. Novenson:
Paul and Judaism at the End of History
2024: Cambridge University Press
324 Pages; $39.99
God's Ten Commandments: A Way of Life, Rediscovered
A Booklet on the Decalogue for Our Times.
Read moreJerusalem: 70 years of pastoral ministry for Hebrew-speaking Catholics
05 May 2026 - The Saint James Vicariate for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel is marking the 70th anniversary of its founding.
Read moreDavid Meyer to be Awarded 2026 "Seelisberg Prize"
19.05.2026 - As part of the opening event of the ICCJ international conference in Hanover on Sunday, July 12, Rabbi Dr David Meyer will be awarded the…
Read moreCardinal Pizzaballa: Jerusalem is called to heal the world’s wounds
27 April 2026 - In a new pastoral letter, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem reflects on the war in the Holy Land, saying that the conflict has “brought…
Read morePesach and Easter
I will speak from my experience. Long before I was ordained an Anglican priest, I was already in the habit of organising visits to different Houses of…
Read moreRemarks on Pesach/Easter
I want to thank the ICCJ for giving me the opportunity to wish my friends and colleagues best wishes for healthy and happy festivals.
Read moreI am the child that Hitler feared
Speech on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism (January 27) in the Parliament of the Federal Republic of…
Read moreThe Task of Nostra Aetate Is Not Yet Completed
During the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, in Rome on October 28, 2025, Sarah Bernstein shared this message of hope, truth, and…
Read moreBridging Traditions: Reflection on Nearly Half a Century of Jewish-Orthodox Christian Dialogue in Cambridge
Orthodox Christianity is often seen as the Christian tradition…
Read moreThe CODJ Association and its Theological Group for Jewish-Orthodox Christian Dialogue
History, Developments and Objectives
Read morePeace Voices in the Middle East
Focus on the Geneva Initiative, Hinuch le Shalom and the Palestinian Peace Coalition.
Read morePope Leo: The message of 'Nostra aetate' remains as urgent as ever
October 28, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV presides at “Walking Together in Hope,” a celebration of 60 years of “Nostra aetate”, the Second Vatican Council’s…
Read moreAppeal by Christians and Jews for a Voice of Discernment and Peace
The following statement, drafted by a group of individuals committed to Jewish-Christian dialogue, issues a call for discernment and nuance in…
Read moreRededicating Ourselves to Deepening Interfaith Relationships: A Pledge Sponsored by the International Council of Christians and Jews
The First and Second World Wars killed over one hundred million people and made refugees of hundreds of millions more. Empires fell. Nations were…
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 moreIJCIC Response to the World Council of Churches’ Statement on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
July 14, 2025. The International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) categorically denounces the World Council of Churches’…
Read moreWorld Jewish Congress Mourns Passing of Pope Francis
21 Apr 2025 - NEW YORK – Upon learning of the passing of Pope Francis, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said:
Read moreIJCIC repudiates charge of Israeli genocide
November 22, 2024. In light of the recent controversy arising from a comment by Pope Francis recorded in Hernán Reyes Alcaide’s “Hope Never…
Read moreFinal Communiqué of the Holy Land Co-ordination 17-21 January 2026
Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
Read more"The spirit of Nostra Aetate continues to illuminate the path of the Church"
Catechesis on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the conciliar Declaration Nostra aetate, General Audience, St Peter's Square, Rome, 29 October…
Read moreWalking together in Hope
On October 28, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience the participants in the meeting on “Nostra Aetate” on the occasion of its sixtieth…
Read more"Because of the Jewish roots of Christianity, all Christians have a special relationship with Judaism".
Address of the Holy Father to representatives of other churches and ecclesial communities, and other religions. Clementine Hall
Monday, 19 May 2025.
Read morePassover is a Jewish holiday remembering sorrowful events and celebrating hope for a better future
Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like the celebration itself, reflect on dark times while looking ahead…
Read morePost-Holocaust Theology. An overview
The Shoah (Holocaust) has raised a number of questions to which Jewish philosophers, theologians, and historians have given different answers. This…
Read moreWho wrote the Bible?
The Bible tells an overall story about the history of the world: creation, fall, redemption and God’s Last Judgement of the living and the dead.
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 moreThe Fire and the Water. Christian Antisemitism, Narrative Diagnosis, and Theological Repair
The fire of antisemitism is being fed by stories that Christians tell about themselves, about Jews, and about the relationship between the two. And…
Read moreImpact of October 7 Attack and 2024 War in Gaza on Catholic–Jewish Relations
Since Nostra Aetate (Paul VI 1965b), the Catholic Church has established itself slowly but surely at the forefront of…
Read moreRevelation in concealment: toward an embodied Post-holocaust spirituality
Standing before the locked gates of a synagogue, watching young dancers rehearse on the bima where…
Read moreThe Personal Before and After the Political. Case Study of a Dialogue Methodology for Crisis
The authors of this article co-facilitated a dialogue workshop for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communal leaders and academics in Cairo as part of…
Read moreStatement on Gaza and Peace in the Middle East
August 4, 2025 - In Gaza, deliberately caused starvation has placed 500,000 people at immediate risk, amid the killing of over 50,000 and the…
Read moreAppeal for Peace
This appeal for peace was presented by children to religious leaders at the closing session of the international meeting ‘Imagining Peace’ organised…
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.
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