Happy Pessach and Easter
I am writing this today from sunny Jerusalem. President Obama arrived a few hours ago. Many of the streets have been closed, which doesn’t do a lot to endear him to the pre-Pesach shoppers, taxi drivers and so on. But we do wish him well and hope that his visit will bear some fruit in terms of re-starting the more or less moribund peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
ICCJ International Abrahamic Forum: Conference 2013
International Conference: La Baume, Aix en Provence, 26 - 28 June 2013. Theme: Combatting Our Teachings of Contempt; Jewish, Christian and Muslim Introspection and Projection.
Book now for the Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue Event of the Year!Conselho de Fraternidade Cristão-Judaica
São Paulo, SP - Brasil. In September 1962 a Camilian Priest, Father Calixto Vendrame, Hella Moritz from the Jewish Community, and Sister Alda of Notre Dame de Sion, founded the Christian-Jewish Fraternity Council (Conselho de Fraternidade Cristão Judaico - CFCJ.) Thus, in 2012 we celebrated our golden jubilee!
Pope Francis, friend of Jewish-Christian dialogue
(Buenos Aires, 14 March 2013) — The International Council of Christians and Jews congratulates its Catholic friends, colleagues, and everyone within the worldwide Catholic community on the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina as Pope Francis. As the first non-European pope in over 1200 years, his election testifies to the growing importance of the Global South.
JCRelations.net: New articles online
New articles are available on JCRelations.net: March contributions in English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian are online.
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
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.
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.
Jewish-Christian Relations multilingual
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