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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…
Why Palestinians Should Learn About the Holocaust
Read moreShould Palestinian and other Arab schools teach their students about the Holocaust?
Jewish-Christian Dialogue Today
Read moreHow do today's Jews and Christians encounter one another? The most obvious way is in the countless interactions of Jewish and Christian…
Tourism, one practical advantage of an Israeli-Palestinian settlement
Read moreWashington, DC - Recent sputtering of a peace process between Israel and Palestine, the termination of Israel's settlement building freeze…
"The settlers are not the problem"
Read moreShlomo Riskin (born May 28, 1940) was the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side in New York City, Chief founding…
Talking through walls in NYC
Read moreWashington, DC - This year, on the ninth anniversary of the 11 September attacks, many Americans were scared that violence would ensue as a…
Bishops meeting Rabbis
Read moreSince 2006 representatives of the Catholic Bishops' Conference and the Protestant Church of Germany have met annually with representatives…