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Vatican II’s Nostra Aetate and Christological Understanding
Vatican II’s Declaration</>Nostra Aetate does not delve into Christological understanding in a direct way. But through its affirmations of continued…
Read moreA Theology of the Land and the Diaspora
October 7, 2023, marks a turning point: The Hamas massacres recontextualize the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Christians must also…
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 moreIsrael, We Need to Talk
A German Jewish Studies scholar asks both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian supporters to look again at the situation.
Read moreTime to Unmask the Imposture of anti-Zionism
In this scholarly analysis, Eva Illouz, Directrice d’Etudes at France’s École des hautes études en sciences sociales, probes the attempts of the…
Read moreStatement on the Declarations on the End of the War in Gaza
Statement by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, October 14, 2025.
Read moreIsrael, We Need to Talk
A German Jewish Studies scholar asks both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian supporters to look again at the situation.
Read moreThe Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Montreal Has a New President
Montreal, October 27, 2025 – The Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Montreal has recently elected a new president: Dr. David Bensoussan, a distinguished…
Read moreVatican II’s Nostra Aetate and Christological Understanding
Vatican II’s Declaration</>Nostra Aetate does not delve into Christological understanding in a direct way. But through its affirmations of continued…
Read moreThe Council of Nicaea in Jewish-Christian Relations Today. An Orthodox Christian View
Intervention by Dr. Geoffrey Ready during the webinar “From 325 to 2025: The Council of Nicaea and Jewish-Christian Relations Today”, presented on…
Read moreTime to Unmask the Imposture of anti-Zionism
In this scholarly analysis, Eva Illouz, Directrice d’Etudes at France’s École des hautes études en sciences sociales, probes the attempts of the…
Read moreA Theology of the Land and the Diaspora
October 7, 2023, marks a turning point: The Hamas massacres recontextualize the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Christians must also…
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Book Reviews |
Zev Garber and Kenneth L. Hanson (Ed.):
Jewish Studies and the Gospel of St John.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2025. Hardcover, 200 Pages. $84.00
Book Reviews |
Edward Kessler and Neil Wenborn, Eds.
A Documentary History of Jewish-Christian Relations: From Antiquity to the Present Day
Cambridge: Cambridge…
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Teresa Pirola:
Catholic-Jewish Relations: Twelve Key Themes for Teaching and Preaching
(Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2023
vii + 194 pp. $ 25,-
Book Reviews |
J. Christopher Edwards:
Crucified. The Christian Invention of the Jewish Executioners of Jesus.
Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2023
255 Pages; $28.00
Jordan marks 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate with interreligious symposium
The Catholic Center for Studies and Media and the American University of Madaba in Jordan has held a symposium celebrating the 60th anniversary of the…
Read moreA new language and new witnesses for a narrative of peace
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa reflects on the historical moment in the Holy Land following the agreement reached…
Read moreRosh haShanah 5786
High Holiday greeting from the ICCJ President Rabbi David Fox Sandmel.
Read moreHaifa University Peace Prize Assigned to Cardinal Pizzaballa
17 September 2025 - Christ is in Gaza, “crucified in the wounded and buried under the rubble.” With that image, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,…
Read moreMusings of a Gentile
By virtue of accident or serendipity, Jewish individuals would appear at pivotal points in my life and influence key decisions. They ranged from my…
Read moreThe new Pope was my student: will he be good for the Jews?
Pope Leo XIV was my student while he prepared for a degree and priestly ordination at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Given my longstanding…
Read moreCan Pope Leo XIV Revive the Catholic-Jewish Relationship?
Relations between the Catholic Church and Jews are in deep crisis, caused not only by reactions to the war in Gaza, but above all by the radical…
Read moreThe Footprints of Pope Francis
24.04.2025 - The US-based Jewish writer Jonathan Safran Foer reflects on the legacy of Pope Francis, who "reminded us of what we continually forget:…
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 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 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 moreA National Reckoning of the Soul
A Call to the Churches of the United States to Confront the Crisis of Antisemitism
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 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 moreTo 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 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 moreNot a Jewish Problem. Observations on the Understanding of Homosexuality in Judaism and Christianity
When one asks Christian theologians where the condemnation of homosexuality in the Western world originated, the answer often given is: from the Old…
Read moreControversy Stories and Jewish-Christian Relations
It is usually easier for people in “naturally” or “biologically” determined groups – members of an ethnic group, members of a family – to disagree…
Read moreThe Guide and its Guide: A review essay
The Guide to the Perplexed: A New Translation
By Lenn E. Goodman and Phillip I. Lieberman
(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2024)
Lenn E. Goodman
A…
“One Ought to Pray, Day and Night, for the Thousands”: Etty Hillesum’s Approach to Prayer and Hasidic Thought
Etty (Esther) Hillesum’s (1914–1943)* diaries, published in the Netherlands for the first time in 1981, have since been translated into 18 languages…
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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