• Sao Paulo meetings

    This week ICCJ’s General Secretary Rev. Dick Pruiksma is visiting two Latin American countries: Brazil and Argentina. Half way his trip, moving on from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, there already are a lot of impressions, thoughts and ideas, resulting from many meetings here in Sao Paulo.


  • New Chair Slovak CCJ

    The newly elected chair of the Slovak Council of Christians and Jews, Lucia Faltin, reports on the important steps taken by our Slovak colleagues:


  • News from Valencia

    The Jewish Christian Friendship of Valencia is an association recognised by the Archbishop on 20th January 1994, whose aims are


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    London Consultation Report

    The ICCJ Executive Board met in London from 11 until 15 February. After a business meeting on Tuesday February 12, a 2.5 days consultation was held to renew ICCJ's position on the Israel/Palestine issue as laid down in the 2009 Berlin Document.


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    Majorities – Minorities

    The ICCJ International Abrahamic Forum posted a new video on ICCJ's website. Titel: Majorities - Minorities.


  • Pope Benedict 16 retires

    The International Council of Christians and Jews would like to extend its good wishes and respects to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI upon the announcement of his retirement from the Chair of Peter. Throughout his pontificate he has been a strong promoter of interreligious understanding, particularly between Jews and Christians, as called for by the Second Vatican Council declaration Nostra Aetate.


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    Jewish-Christian Relations multilingual

    Have you already visited www.jcrelations.net, another ICCJ website?


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    Rabbi Bandel: “Support ICCJ’s letter to Hungarian PM”.

    A few days ago the ICCJ has sent a letter to the Hungarian Prime Minister His Excellency Viktor Orbán. You may find the text of that letter on this website www.iccj.org. Now we are inviting all ICCJ member organizations world wide and institutions and individuals involved in Jewish-Christian dialogue, to support the letter sent by the ICCJ. Please, find the details of our request below, in the letter I wrote to all ICCJ member organizations:


  • ICCJ letter to Hungarian Prime Minister

    In November last year an ICCJ delegation visited Budapest. As a result of that visit the ICCJ has sent a letter to the Hungarian Prime Minister Mr. Viktor Orbán. The ICCJ will invite you to support this letter. In a few days we will send out further information. "Your Excellency,


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    Buber Agassi's book in Hebrew

    Thanks to the tireless efforts of Heppenheim resident Karl Netzer, a Hebrew translation of Judith Buber Agassi's book "Jewish Woman Prisoners of Ravensbrück" could be presented to the press this morning in the Martin Buber House in Heppenheim. The book was gratefully received by Revd. Dick Pruiksma, General Secretary of the International Council of Christians and Jews. The ICCJ is based in the house of Judith's grandfather Martin Buber and she was born in this house.


  • Aix en Provence Festival

    The beautiful city Aix en Provence will be the venue for ICCJ’s 2013 conference. As every year there will be during the summer the famous Aix festival. The festival’s ticket office to open end of this month: Monday January 28, 12.00 hrs. The annual ICCJ meeting will be held from June 30-July 3.


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    Preview 2013

    On the threshold of the New Year 2013, the Executive Board of the ICCJ wants to thank you for the excellent cooperation in the past year. Without doubt, the New Year will see a continuation to our friendship and collegiality. In the coming year a large number of activities fills the ICCJ agenda. We will be happy to keep you informed about all this. There are several options which we would like to list for you.