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"We are fighting antisemitism! We are protecting Jewish life! We are standing with Israel!"
Read moreThe Federal President of Germany in a video contribution to an event hosted by the President of the State of Israel commemorating the…
The Jewish community is once again ready to place our trust in Germany, our home
Read moreSpeech of the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dr Josef Schuster, at the ceremony for the 70th Anniversary of the…
Spiritual and Theological Reflections on Life with the Coronavirus
Read moreIt will surprise no one that ICCJ’s Theology Committee, being an international grouping, tends to meet virtually. At one level, then, the…
Morality in the Jewish State–Does it Still Matter?
Read moreThe return of the Jewish People to its ancestral homeland after 2,000 years has been nothing short of a miracle. Our people retained a dream…
"Remembrance never ends".
Read moreGermany's Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the 75th anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism and the end of the…
Shalom in the Era of the Coronavirus Crisis
Read moreDuring the last 10 days, I have gone for a walk a few times with some members of my family (while observing the proper “social distance” of…
In time of Coronavirus - Reflections from the Holy Land
Read moreJERUSALEM March 26 Thu, 2020 - Not in our wildest dreams would have anyone imagined that by now some 50% of humanity is under lockdown,…
No to antisemitism! No to hatred!
Read moreFederal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum "Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism"…
How Auschwitz Has United Muslims and Jews
Read moreWe come from very different backgrounds. One of us is a Muslim, born and raised in Saudi Arabia, a country where Islam is the official…
Can the Descendants of Isaac and Ishmael learn to live together?
Read moreIn recent weeks, in synagogue we have read the stories of the birth of Ishmael—a son of Abraham– who becomes the father of the Muslim…