In this year of 2025 in the Western calendar, defining religious observances for Jews, Christians, and Muslims occur within days of each other. Jews commemorate liberation from slavery at special Passover meals. Christians celebrate freedom from the slavery of death brought by the resurrection of Jesus. Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Fitr as the joyful culmination of Ramadan, uniting in prayer, charity, and reinvigorated communal experience. This convergence provides a moment that our world in turmoil desperately needs, a moment to continue the progress of the past several decades in deepening interfaith relationships.
Our world is living through a time when relations among people of different faith traditions are under great stress. The ICCJ, being especially dedicated to dialogue between Jews and Christians, as well as trilateral dialogue with Muslims, believes that the violent and polarized world of today urgently needs such dialogues to continue and, indeed, to intensify in the months and years ahead.
The ICCJ has composed a declaration of recommitment to the work of dialogue, including specific practices to enhance it.
We invite any individual, organization, or institution that cherishes interreligious amity to join us in our resolve by endorsing the declaration and enacting its values in their own lives and circumstances.
To read and sign the declaration, please go here...