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Jewish-Christian Identities in Conflict: The Cases of Fr. Daniel Rufeisen and Fr. Elias Friedman

The status of Jewish identity in cases of conversion to another religion is a contentious issue and was brought to the forefront of public attention…

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Reports

Religious leadership in the 21st century

HAIFA - On May 17th, 2023, His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, participated in a conference organized by the Haifa…

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Reports

Pope: Rabbi Skorka shows that 'faith and human rights are not in conflict'

May 10, 2023 - As the Department of Theology of the University of Trnava, in Slovakia, confers an honorary doctorate on Argentinean writer and…

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Reports

Interreligious March in Jerusalem

An interreligious walk took place in Jerusalem on May 10th. Fr. Piotr and Fr. Roman, as well as some members of Kehilat Jerusalem participated in this…

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JCR - Articles - Observations & Experiences

Observations & Experiences

A Rabbi and an Imam: Living in a time of religious illiteracy

2023-02-23. Schlomo Hofmeister has been the municipal rabbi of Vienna since 2008. Tarafa Baghajati is the imam and chairman of the “Initiative of…

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JCR - Reports

Reports

Interreligious March in Jerusalem

An interreligious walk took place in Jerusalem on May 10th. Fr. Piotr and Fr. Roman, as well as some members of Kehilat Jerusalem participated in this…

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JCR - Articles - Scholarly Contributions

Scholarly Contributions

Jewish-Christian Identities in Conflict: The Cases of Fr. Daniel Rufeisen and Fr. Elias Friedman

The status of Jewish identity in cases of conversion to another religion is a contentious issue and was brought to the forefront of public attention…

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Scholarly Contributions

The Religious (Jewish) Other in Christianity: Some Theological Considerations

When a Christian – and, particularly, Protestant – theologian, like myself, explores the question of what Christianity says about the religious, and…

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Scholarly Contributions

The Cruelty of Supersessionism: The Case of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The impact of the Shoah on Christian biblical and theological studies has been significant. The Christian doctrine of supersessionism, the replacement…

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Scholarly Contributions

The Origins of Anti-Jewish Rhetoric in the Hymns of Good Friday

The oldest-surviving Christian hymns designed exclusively for Holy Week are a set known as the Idiomele. In the modern Orthodox Church, they are sung…

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JCR - Reports

Reports

Poles, Jews and Germans commemorate Warsaw Ghetto uprising

21 April 2023. The main commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising took place in front of the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes' Memorial.…

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Reports

American Jewish Committee Advances Catholic-Jewish Relations with Visit to Vatican

April 2, 2023 — Vatican City. American Jewish Committee (AJC) President Michael Tichnor and CEO Ted Deutch led a leadership delegation to the Vatican.…

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Reports

Moving Forward, Together: Exploring the Future of Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem’s Partnership Meeting

03/27/2023. Holocaust education currently faces a number of challenges. As the Holocaust moves further into history, we will soon be in an age where…

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Reports

Americans Feel More Positive Than Negative About Jews, Mainline Protestants, Catholics

Most are neutral toward several groups; evangelical Christians viewed negatively, on balance, by non-evangelical Americans.

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JCR - Articles - Observations & Experiences

Observations & Experiences

On the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy

A Jewish Perspective.

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Observations & Experiences

Hadamar memorial: History teaches us to be vigilant

Dr. Jan Erik Schulte, historian and Director of the Hadamar Museum reflects on the Memorial on the anniversary of the "Night of the broken glass."

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Observations & Experiences

Providence and Interreligious Encounter

Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant leaders gathered for a two-day conference in Providence, Rhode Island, called the “Seminar on Human Relationships” to…

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Observations & Experiences

Kristallnacht remembered

Sermon at Adas Israel Synagogue, Washington, DC, November 4, 1988.

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JCR - Articles - Fundamentals & Introductions

Fundamentals & Introductions

Understanding Jesus means understanding Judaism

In 2021, the Deutsche Bibel Gesellschaft published Das Neue Testament - jüdisch Erklärt,[1]  the German translation of The Jewish Annotated New…

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Fundamentals & Introductions

‘They Beheld God, and They Ate and Drank’

A Theological Reflection on Exodus 24:11 from the Perspective of the Dialogue between Judaism and Christianity.

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Fundamentals & Introductions

The Importance of the Jewishness of Jesus for Interpreting the Gospels

In the first part of the paper, we will address certain theological and historical reasons for the exclusion of the Jewishness of Jesus from both…

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Fundamentals & Introductions

"Preaching and Teaching With Love and Respect for the Jewish People."

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has published on its website a 56-page guide to "Preaching and Teaching With Love and Respect for the…

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JCR - Statements - Joint Christian-Jewish

Christian-Jewish

Jewish and Catholic Approaches to the terminally ill: The Prohibited, the Permitted and the Obligatory

12.05.2023 - Joint Statement of the 17th Bilateral Commission of the Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See’s Commission for…

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Christian-Jewish

A National Reckoning of the Soul

A Call to the Churches of the United States to Confront the Crisis of Antisemitism

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Christian-Jewish

Fight Antisemitism, Protect Jewish Life - Declaration on the 80th Anniversary of the Wannsee Conference

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, influential representatives of Protestant churches and Jewish associations from…

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Christian-Jewish

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of “Nostra aetate” (no.4)

Messages of Cardinal Kurt Koch and the “International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations” (IJCIC) on the occasion of the 55th…

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JCR - Statements - Jewish

Jewish

Between Jerusalem and Rome - כלל ופרט בין ירושלים לרומי

The Shared Universal and the Respected Particular. Reflections on 50 Years of Nostra Aetate.

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Jewish

To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians

After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the…

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Jewish

Declaration for the Upcoming Jubilee of Brotherhood

On November 23, 2015 at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris, the "Declaration for the Upcoming Jubilee of Brotherhood," signed by various persons of…

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Jewish

Manifesto for Combating Religious Extremism

The threat posed by religious extremists is global, immediate, violent and deeply rooted in issues of identity, theology and faith. Countless…

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JCR - Statements - Roman-Catholic

Roman Catholic

Walking Together: Catholics with Jews in the Australian Context

Launched by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, March 2023.

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Roman Catholic

Helping Jews and Christians to rediscover themselves as brothers, children of the same Father

Address of His Holiness to Members of "Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France", Consistory Hall, Monday, 12 December 2022.

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Roman Catholic

U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Emphasizes Recommitment to Relationship with Jewish Community

November 28, 2022. WASHINGTON - In 1965, Pope Paul VI issued the Vatican Council’s declaration about other world religions, Nostra Aetate (“In our…

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Roman Catholic

Fraternal dialogue is the groundwork for peace

Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the participants iin the conference of the World Jewish Congress, Clementine Hall,

Tuesday, 22 November 2022.

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JCR - Articles - Fundamentals & Introductions

Fundamentals & Introductions

75 Years after Seelisberg - Defining Antisemitism

Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…

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Fundamentals & Introductions

75 Years after Seelisberg - Address from the Churches

Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…

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Fundamentals & Introductions

75 Years after Seelisberg - Reflection

Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…

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Fundamentals & Introductions

75 Years after Seelisberg: Examining The Need For A New Context In Dialogue

Part of a series of reflections initiated by the ICCJ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Seelisberg Conference (July 30 through August 5…

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JCR - Articles - Scholarly Contributions

Scholarly Contributions

The Image of Jews According to the Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church

This study attempts to analyze the canons of the Orthodox Church, which are still normative for all Orthodox Autocephalous Churches, in order to…

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Scholarly Contributions

“Children of the Devil”: John 8:44 and its Early Reception

In 1971, the first year of my BA studies at the University of Toronto, I read a powerful book that has stayed with me all these years: The Devil and…

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The Contribution of Religious Education to the Prevention of Antisemitism: An International Empirical Study

This research project is situated in the Europe-wide discussion on historical remembrance and the challenges of antisemitism today. The specific…

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Scholarly Contributions

Psalm 27 and Teshuvah: an Interpretation

A custom widely followed among traditionally observant Jews is to recite Psalm 27 at the conclusion of the morning and evening services during the…

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JCR - Statements - Interreligious

Interreligious

No one is saved alone

Final communique at the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace between the large world religions, October 20, 2020, Rome.

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Interreligious

Urgent Action Needed to Prevent COVID-19

March 25th, 2020. The COVID-19 virus presents the entire world with a series of humanitarian, financial, social and political challenges, which do not…

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Interreligious

Declaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace

Lindau, Germany, 23 August 2019

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Interreligious

The specific multi-religious character of Jerusalem / Al-Quds Acharif must be protected

Appeal by His Majesty King Mohammed VI and His Holiness Pope Francis regarding Jerusalem / Al-Quds the Holy Citiy and a place of encounter. Issued…

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