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    Sao Paulo CCJ 50 years

    In September 1962, Father Calixto Vendram (catholic priest), Hella Moritz (Jewish Community) and Sister Alda (Sisters of Our Lady of Sion), founded the Council of Jewish-Christian Fraternity. So this year we are celebrating its Golden Jubilee!


  • The Shared Testament

    Two feminist scholars, a liberal rabbi and an ordained Lutheran minister, in dialogue about the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew Bible, called in Hebrew the TaNaKh, known to Christians as the Old Testament -- this has been called "the shared testament" or shared scriptural heritage of Jews and Christians.


  • Statement on situation Hungary

    A delegation of the International Council of Christians and Jews arrived in Budapest to examine the situation of antisemitism in Hungary just two days after Marton Gyöngyösi, deputy of the Hungarian right-wing Jobbik party, delivered a hate speech in the Hungarian Parliament in which he called for making lists of Hungarian Jews who pose a "risk to national security".


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    Chanukah and Christmas

    In the last few weeks, we have all witnessed much violence in the Middle East and in other parts of the world. As you have seen on this Web site, we in the ICCJ have been deeply concerned about the strengthening of antisemitic elements within Hungarian society. But in the midst of all this activity, let’s not forget that we are also in the Christian season of Advent, leading up to the joyous festival of Christmas, and that next week, Jews throughout the world will celebrate Chanukah.


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    ICCJ supports Budapest rally

    This week an ICCJ delegation visited the Hungarian capital Budapest. As many others world wide, we became aware of the political situation that might be difficult for some groups in Hungarian society. The week of our visit there was another antisemitic incident in the Hungarian Parliament.


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    Arkush-Weissman exchange of letters

    The exchange of letters between ICCJ President Dr. Deborah Weissman and Mr. Jonathan Arkush, Vice-President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, is for the time being coming to a conclusion. Dr. Weissman and Mr. Arkush have discussed the role of the EAPPI program of the World Council of Churches.


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    Violence in Gaza and Israel

    During the last five days, Israel and Gaza have experienced a frightening round of violence. The ICCJ's member organization in Israel, the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, or ICCI, has sent out the following statement. ICCJ President Dr. Deborah Weissman and the Co-Chair of ICCJ’s International Abrahamic Forum Rabbi Ehud Bandel, both Israelis, fully endorse the ICCI statement. We have many people we are worried about, and we mourn the loss of human life on both sides.


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    UK Board of Deputies questions ICCJ comments on EAPPI

    A few weeks ago ICCJ published a Rosh haShana letter written by ICCJ President Dr. Deborah Weissman. In this letter she referred to the debate going on in the United Kingdom about the EAPPI program of the World Council of Churches. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel enables Christians to live for a few months on the West Bank experiencing live under occupation. “When they return home, Ecumenical Accompaniers campaign for a just and peaceful resolution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through an end to the occupation, respect for international law and implementation of UN resolutions.” (Quote from EAPPI-website)


  • ICCJ visit Budapest

    On Wednesday and Thursday, November 28–29, a delegation of the International Council of Christians and Jews will visit the Hungarian capital Budapest. For quite some time troublesome news is coming from Hungary. As a result of a more nationalist turn Hungarian politics have taken, reports on xenophobic and anti-Semitic incidents have reached us.


  • Letter from Prague

    Members of the Board of the Czech CCJ, wrote a letter to the Human Rights Commissioner of the Government of the Czech Republic recently. The letter asks for her support for immigrants coming to the Czech Republic from countries where they are persecuted also because of their faith, among other things. Read the letter ....


  • French CCJ awards Sisters of Sion

    PARIS - Two Sisters of Sion, Sr. Louise-Marie Niesz and Sr. Dominique de la Maisonneuve, received this evening the annual award of the French ICCJ member organization, the Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France. The ceremony was held in the beautiful “Collège des Bernardins” in Paris.


  • Jewish-Christian dialogue in Hungary

    The International Council of Christians and Jews noted with growing concern the reports about growing anti-Semitism in Hungary. It was therefore decided to visit our two Hungarian member organizations: the Christian-Jewish Society and the Hungarian Council of Christians and Jews. Dr. József Szécsi, General Secretary of the Society and Board Member of the Council, is very helpful in preparing the visit, which will take place most probably end of November. He wrote a report on the situation in Hungary, the history of both ICCJ members in the country and what they do trying to turn the tide. Excerpts from this report may be found below.