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Where 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 more‘Jews’ series of Historical Archives of Secretariat of State published online
23 June 2022. At the request of Pope Francis, the virtual reproduction of a collection preserving the requests for help addressed to Pope Pius XII by…
Read moreProf. Amy-Jill Levine was awarded first “Seelisberg Prize”
On Sunday, June 26, 2022, the widely praised New Testament scholar, Professor Amy-Jill Levine, was awarded the first ever SEELISBERG PRIZE.
Read moreKristallnacht remembered
Sermon at Adas Israel Synagogue, Washington, DC, November 4, 1988.
Read more‘Jews’ series of Historical Archives of Secretariat of State published online
23 June 2022. At the request of Pope Francis, the virtual reproduction of a collection preserving the requests for help addressed to Pope Pius XII by…
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.
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Book Reviews |
The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik's Commentary to the Gospels.
Edited with an introduction and commentary by Shaul…
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Paula Fredriksen:
When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation
New Haven, Yale University Press, 2018, pp. viii+261, $27.50.
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Eugene Korn:
To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values.
Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2021. 263 pp. $26.95 (cloth).
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Marcia Falk:
Night of Beginnings, A Passover Haggadah.
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2022. 232 pp. $19,95
Holy Land Co-ordination: Christians essential to Jerusalem's identity
27 May 2022 - At the end of a visit to Israel and Palestine, The Holy Land Co-ordination 2022 upholds the rightful place of the Christian community in…
Read moreWEA and IJCIC Hold Historic First Meeting in Jerusalem on Jewish-Evangelical Relations
May 13, 2022 The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), a global body serving more than 600 million evangelicals belonging to churches forming 143 national…
Read morePreparing next phase of Jewish-Christian encounter
GENEVA, Switzerland 1/2/2022 - Lutheran World Federation (LWF) taskforce steps up work on study document to equip churches for renewal of…
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 moreWhen the Nazis came, not everyone divided neatly into ‘good’ neighbors and ‘bad’
Lessons from my father’s German village about those who helped the Jews.
Read moreJewish teachings about the importance of peace
This week Jews around the world will read the weekly portion from the Book of Exodus in which we find the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15), one of the most…
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 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 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 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 moreAddress to a Delegation from B'nai B'rith International
Monday, 30 May 2022.
Read moreYour sufferings are our sufferings
Addres of His Holiness at a meeting with the Jewish community of Slovakia, Bratislava, Rybné námestie Square, Monday, 13 September 2021.
Read moreEducation in Fraternity
Address of His Holines during the meeting with representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and some Jewish communities in Hungary, Museum of…
Read moreBack to the earth of our religions
Address of Pope Francis at the interreligious meeting during the apostolic journey to Iraq, Plain of Ur, Saturday, 6 March 2021.
Read more75 Years after Seelisberg - Reflections on the Seelisberg conference an its 10 Points
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 moreThe Church and Beyond: Hans Küng and Interreligious Relations
Hans Küng is best known for his analyses of the Catholic Church, both theologically and institutionally. But we need to appreciate as well his…
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 moreRevisiting the Parable of the Good Samaritan
The Gospel story of a Samaritan who assists the victim of a vicious assault has entered popular consciousness. The parable and its…
Read moreRedeeming Liturgy
A Eulogist’s Perspective on Rosenzweig’s Concept of Liturgy[1]
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Sparks of Light: Irving Greenberg’s Post-Holocaust Theology
Irving Greenberg’s post-Shoah theology provides a blueprint for the post-Shoah reorientation required from both Judaism and Christianity in order to…
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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