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Antisemitism: A view from within the Rabbinic Legal Tradition
I. Introduction
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12.05.2024 - As part of the opening event of the ICCJ international conference in Salzburg on Sunday, June 23, Professor Dr Edward Kessler MBE will be…
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David Neuhaus, S.J., Professor of Scripture in Israel and Palestine, is a long-term member of the Holy Land Catholic Church's Justice and Peace…
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On the events which have shaken us to the core
In this “letter about current events,” dated January 27, 2024, Jean-Dominique Durand, President of l’Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France (AJCF), offers…
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His Majesty The King becomes Patron of CCJ
05/20/2024 - His Majesty The King will be Patron of the British Council of Christians and Jews, it has been announced. CCJ, the nation's first…
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Antisemitism: A view from within the Rabbinic Legal Tradition
I. Introduction
Read moreAnti-semitism and Palestine
David Neuhaus, S.J., Professor of Scripture in Israel and Palestine, is a long-term member of the Holy Land Catholic Church's Justice and Peace…
Read moreAbrahamic Dialogue in the Shadow of War. The Israel-Hamas war creates new challenges for Vatican diplomacy.
February 16, 2024. In February 2023, global religious leaders met in the United Arab Emirates to celebrate the opening of the Abrahamic Family House,…
Read moreA New Era? Christian-Jewish Relations in Post-Cold War Europe
In December 2015, during a festive gathering at Tel Aviv University, a book – the first of its kind – was launched: In our time: Documents and…
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Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic Turn
Ethan Kleinberg:
Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic Turn: Philosophy and Jewish Thought.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2021. 248 pp. $30.00
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Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of John
Miroslaw Stanislaw Wróbel:
Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of John. A New Look at the Fourth Gospel’s Relationship with Judaism.
Lublin Theological Studies…
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Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust: Making the Connections
David Patterson:
Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust: Making the Connections.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022
294 pp. $99.99 (cloth)
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"The Messiah Confrontation: Pharisees Versus Sadducees and the Death of Jesus"
THE MESSIAH CONFRONTATION:
PHARISEES VERSUS SADDUCEES AND THE DEATH OF JESUS
By Israel Knohl
English translation: David Maisel
Philadelphia: Jewish…
JCR - Reports
36th annual Catholic-Jewish colloquium examines impact of war on groups’ relations
April 24, 2024 - As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues into its sixth month, a group gathered at the Center for Pastoral Leadership to…
Read moreThe Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
At this year’s American Catholic Historical Association conference, held in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s 2024 Annual…
Read moreThe challenges of Abrahamic dialogue according to Thomas Banchoff
In a recent article for Commonweal, Thomas Banchoff analyses the new challenges posed by the war between Israel and Hamas to the interfaith diplomacy…
Read moreREGISTRATION OPEN! ICCJ 2024 Conference: Holiness
19.03.2024 - ICCJ's 2024 annual conference, entitled "'Be holy, because I, the Lord, your God, am holy.' (Wajikra / Leviticus 19:2) - Holiness:…
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Interfaith Dialogue: Making Religion Part of Israel’s Middle East Peace
A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen.
Read more“O mortal, can these bones live?” (Ezekiel 37,3)
Address given on the occasion of the 35th Day of Dialogue between Catholics and Jews, 17 January 2024, Rome, Pontifical Gregorian University.
Read more“The Lord gave strength to his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.”
In Februar 2018 approximately 1,000 scholars, activists, decision makers and influencers met in Vienna at the conference “An End to Antisemitism!” The…
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.
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Who 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 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…
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ICCJ-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…
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We extend an invitation to the Church to broaden the dialogue
February 12th, 2024 - Response to the Pope's letter, dated from 2 February 2024.
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.
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To our fathers in the faith: you are not alone!
Since October 7, in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks and hostage-taking, and the subsequent military operations in Gaza, we have witnessed a…
Read moreMy heart is close to you, to the Holy Land, to all the peoples who inhabit it, Israelis and Palestinians
Vatican City, 2 February 2024 - Letter of the Holy Father to Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel.
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.
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"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 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…
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In Defense of a Just Society: Buber Contra Gandhi on Jewish Migration to Palestine
At the behest of his Jewish friends and colleagues, the renowned Hindu leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) published an article in his respected weekly…
Read more"The Messiah Confrontation: Pharisees Versus Sadducees and the Death of Jesus"
A review essay.
THE MESSIAH CONFRONTATION:
PHARISEES VERSUS SADDUCEES AND THE DEATH OF JESUS
By Israel Knohl
English translation: David Maisel
Philadel…
Israel as a Jewish State – Religious and Secular Dimensions
The Challenges of Jewish Secularization
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Contemporary Philosophical and Ethical Fights over Jews, Judaism, and the State of Israel
In recent decades, Jews in Europe could hardly complain about a lack of public attention regarding Jewish history, culture, and especially Israel. In…
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The 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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