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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.


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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.