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2009 - An Eventful Year of Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Read moreIn 2009 the Jewish-Christian dialogue was severely disturbed and repeatedly beset by various irritations, not least by the topic of…
I am liberated by the God of Israel
Read moreI turned sixteen in early December 1944 and my school class had already shrunk, the oldest one of us already killed in action. During our…
(Translated) Speech at the closing dinner of the ICCJ Annual Conference in Berlin, on Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Read moreDr Weissmann,
Rabbi Brandt,
Participants in the ICCJ Annual Conference,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Day of Judaism in the Churches of Europe
Read moreIn 2009, the Catholic Church in Poland celebrated her 12th Day of Judaism, the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Austria organized the 10th…
Pesach in Israel
Read moreA radio discussion this Monday morning in anticipation of Pesach: a woman suggested that Israelis are still enslaved because Tel Aviv…
Beware of well-meaning Hypocrisy
Read moreIn view of my general predisposition, I’m on the mailing list of several Jewish organizations on the Left. Some of them have been urging me…
Hallowed be Thy Name'
Read moreThe Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments requests that the Tetragrammaton YHWH used in worship not be written or…
Reviving the Dialogue:
The Church can do more to Promote Catholic-Jewish RelationsRead moreFor the past several years, there has been growing concern within circles of the Catholic-Jewish dialogue that stagnation is beginning to…
On Passover and Peace
Read moreI am a pediatric dentist. I know something about "root cause." ... When I look for answers to "impossible" problems with "irreconcilable"…
Small Decencies
Read moreA story adapted from the author's most recent book, Good Neighbors, Bad Times - Echoes of My Father’s German Village, University of…