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Greetings from International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations
Read moreShalom. It is my honour and privilege to bring greetings on behalf of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations to…
World Council of Churches interviews ICCJ President
Read moreThe Ecumenical Newsservice of the World Council of Churches interviewed ICCJ President Dr. Deborah Weissman.
Everyday anti-Semitism
Read moreAmbiguous jokes about Jews, anti-Semitic stereotypes, racial clichés and mockery - all that still belongs to everyday life in Germany -…
Observations on the Christian-Jewish dialogue
Read moreThe 27th January, known as the Holocaust Memorial Day: For me this is a time of emotional stress – just like Yom Hashoa, the Jewish day of…
The challenges of Multiculturalism and Social Responsibility
Read moreI start as is usual with me with a few digressions!
The Dabru Emet’s Sister
Read moreHaving grown up in a fundamentalist religious background, I long thought that other religions were dangerous. I was taught that any…
After Auschwitz a culture of listening
Read moreWe are in Oswiecim, not in Auschwitz. Oswiecim is a Polish city but from 1939 to 1945 it was occupied and incorporated into the German Reich…
Media missed the point with Palestinian’s Auschwitz visit
Read moreTel Aviv, Israel - In late July, Ziad al-Bandak, an advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, made an official visit to the Auschwitz…
Judaism: Freedom of Religion and Tolerance in Europe
Read moreKeynote speech held at the Biennial Conference der European Union for Progressive Judaism, 15-18 March 2012, in Amsterdam.
Letters to David
Read moreIn 2003 the theologian and pastor Friedrich Gölz begins to write letters to his grandson David. The letters tell of a long journey, the…