JCRelations.net: November edition online
New articles are available on JCRelations.net: November contributions in English, German, French, Spanish and Russian are online.
New ICCJ General Secretary appointed
As you all know, our esteemed General-Secretary Rev. Dick Pruiksma announced some time ago his impending retirement. The Executive Board of the ICCJ has been engaged for some months in a search for his successor.
Music between friends in Vienna
Bring together a chief rabbi and a bishop, an abbot and a boys choir, mix these ingredients with a lot of friendship and musicality, and the result is a dazzling fund raising concert organized by our Austrian friends.
Kiev conference on antisemitism
On October 15-16, Rabbi Ehud Bandel, ICCJ’s 1st Vice-President, had the honor of representing the ICCJ at the International Conference on antisemitism, held in Kiev Ukraine.
JCRelations.net: October edition online
New articles are available on JCRelations.net: October contributions in English, German, French, Spanish and Russian are online.
A New President's Letter
Dear Friends: You have seen Rev. Dick Pruiksma’s report on our visit to the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. One of the positive outcomes of that visit was a mutual decision to work towards more dialogue with Orthodox Christian churches.
Visit to World Council of Churches
An ICCJ delegation visited Geneva on September 30 and October 1 to consult with the World Council of Churches and other ecumenical bodies, all located in the Centre Oecuménique, Route de Ferney.
Buenos Aires - August 19, 2014
During his recent visit to Buenos Aires ICCJ General Secretary Rev. Dick Pruiksma met with representatives of many institutions active in dialogue in the federal capital of Argentina.
Churches vandalized in Argentina
On September 25 the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in the Buenos Aires community Montserrat was vandalized. On September 27 the Methodist Church of Rosario was set on fire.
Montevideo visit
Montevideo – During his trip to Buenos Aires, preparing the 2014 ICCJ conference, General Secretary Dick Pruiksma spends the weekend visiting our active Uruguyan member in Montevideo.
Rabbi Skorka 2014 Conference Chair
Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Rector of the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires, will chair the 2014 ICCJ Planning Committee. With this good news the Jewish year 5774 started!
OJEC calls for tolerance and solidarity
The Council of Jews and Christians in the Netherlands (OJEC) states in a letter to the participating religious organizations that the Coptic churches deserve the moral and financial support of the churches in the Netherlands.