• Bratislava Lecture Dr. Weissman

    Earlier this year ICCJ President Dr. Deborah Weissman gave a lecture in Bratislava. Venue for this meeting was the Slovak National Museum. The text of this lecture is available on the website of our Austrian colleagues.


  • Welcome Francesca Frazer.

    Out of twelve applicants for the free lance position to assist the Steering Committee of ICCJ’s trilateral Abrahamic Forum, Francesca Frazer (Manchester, UK) was chosen. It is ICCJ’s great pleasure to announce her appointment as our Project Coordinator.


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    Chief Rabbi Sacks to address ICCJ 2012 meeting

    Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, will be the key note speaker of the 2012 ICCJ international conference, to be held in Manchester, July 1-July 4. Rabbi Sacks will address to conference on Monday, July 2.


  • ICCI Condemns Mosque Burning

    The INTERRELIGIOUS COORDINATING COUNCIL IN ISRAEL—a coalition of over 60 religious, cultural and educational organizations in Israel—denounces in no uncertain terms the burning of a mosque in the village of Tuba Zangaria in the Upper Galillee 2 days ago. This is a hillul hashem, a desecration of the name of God, which goes against all of our prayers, especially during these 10 Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.


  • Letter of the President

    Dear friends:In August, I traveled to South Africa for my first visit since 1978. It is a different country, although I suppose that nothing can change the immense physical and natural beauty that was always there.


  • Forum “Shared Testament” started.

    Rabbi Dalia Marx and Prof. Ursula Rudnick share with us on this website an exchange of thoughts on the weekly Torah portions. On each portion there is a Jewish view by Rabbi Marx with a Christian response by Prof. Rudnick and vice versa. Three portions have been discussed so far:


  • Upcoming events

    An eventful week will start on Sunday, October 23. In Vienna that day some 20 participants in the Central and Eastern European regional conference will arrive to take part in a fully packed two day program. Seven countries will be represented.


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    Confronting September 11: Prayers for Peace

    In commemoration of the tenth anniversary to the tragedy of the September 11 attacks, the International Abrahamic Forum of the ICCJ wishes to share with you some reflections, prayers and thoughts written by Muslims, Christians and Jews in response to the horrific terror attacks. The following text was originally published on the website of “Facing History and Ourselves”.


  • Free lancer to assist trilateral activities.

    Many years already the ICCJ is engaged in trilateral dialogue. Conferences in Salamanca (1986), Berlin (1999), Sevilla (2001), Utrecht (2003) and Istanbul (2010) were dedicated to the Jewish/Christian/Muslim dialogue. In 1995 an Abrahamic Forum started its activities, chaired by the late Sheikh Zaki Badawi.


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    New Council of Christians and Jews in Peru

    On June 27, 2011, at 18.00 hrs. in Lima, Peru, a meeting was held at the premises of the ‘ Asociación Judía de Beneficencia y Culto De 1870’. Those assembled decided to take the initiative to improve the Jewish-Christian relations in Peru. Following relevant suggestions, it was agreed to establish the ‘Confraternidad Judeo-Cristiana del Perú’ with the following aims:


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    Interreligious commemoration of ‘10 year 9/11’

    Ten years ago the terrible attacks of 9/11 occurred. These attacks changed the world. Wars and attacks followed the events of 9/11. Hundreds of thousands worldwide became victim of this violence, in particular Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also citizens of London, Madrid and Istanbul.


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    Walking God’s Paths

    By special arrangement with the National Council of Synagogues and the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Council of Centers on Christian-Jewish Relations is happy to announce that the video series, Walking God's Paths: Christians and Jews in Candid Conversation can now be viewed online through the CCJR website. This makes a very useful educational tool available for use in congregations and classrooms around the world.