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    Prime Minister Bouffier visits ICCJ

    Prime Minister Bouffier’s visit to the Martin Buber House was the culmination of a successful ICCJ Executive Board meeting. The Land of Hesse, one of Germany’s Länder, is an important partner in ICCJ’s activities. Through the International Martin Buber Foundation the Land of Hesse considerably supports the interreligious dialogue work of the ICCJ. To stress the fact that these ties are not merely of a formal nature, the Prime Minster came to Heppenheim to affirm his personal interest in our work.


  • Letter to Patriarch Theofilos III

    During its recent Heppenheim meeting the ICCJ Executive Board was informed about the disgraceful attack on the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem. It was decided to send a letter to His Beatitude Theofilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem. Copies of the letter were sent to the Israeli authorities and press agencies. Text of the letter…..


  • Statement on attempted ban on circumcision

    The International Council of Christians and Jews received a request from our member organization in Sweden to help them combat the proposed ban on circumcision. Similar laws have been suggested in other places, as well. We are sending this to you as an initial response. Hopefully, within the next few weeks, we will send out a longer and more detailed booklet, with more resource material.


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    Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

    January 27th is Holocaust Memorial Day. Sixty-seven years ago the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau were liberated. All over the world commemorative services and gatherings will be held.


  • Preview 2012

    On the threshold of 2012 we wish all our friends world wide a happy and healthy new year. May the New Year be packed with interfaith activities in all those countries where ICCJ member organizations actively are engaged in interreligious dialogue. The International Council of Christians and Jews certainly will have its share in all this. To get a taste of all what is going to happen, please have a look at a preview of the planned 2012 activities.


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    ICCJ International Abrahamic Forum

    During 11-12 December, the Steering Committee of our Abrahamic Forum held its first meeting at the Martin Buber House in Heppenheim. Three members of the committee - one Muslim, one Christian and one Jew- were asked to prepare 20-minute presentations on why each considers trialogue to be important, before discussion of each paper by the rest of the steering committee.


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    Merry Christmas - Seasons Greetings

    It isn’t so often when Chanukah and Christmas (or, at least, the Western Christmas) come together. Of course, Christmas is a major Christian celebration, while Chanukah, for Jews, is a minor festival. Still, the two share something important in coming, as they do in the Northern hemisphere, around the time of the winter solstice. In both of our traditions, we are celebrating the triumph of light over darkness.


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    Bi- and/or Trilateral Dialogue

    This “Letter of the President” is published on the ICCJ Open Forum. Please, share with us on the Open Forum your views, remarks, questions etc.


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    Selected Recent Books in Jewish-Christian Relations

    Recently some important books were published in the United States of America. The authors of which all are, one way or another connected to ICCJ. Dr. Adam Gregerman, Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies, Baltimore, MD, announces three of them.


  • New ICCJ Educational Guide

    ICCJ is proud to present the first installment of a brand new educational guide to ICCJ’s ‘Twelve Points of Berlin’. During the 2009 ICCJ conference in Berlin, co-hosted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the document ‘A Time for Recommitment’ was presented.


  • Letter of the President

    Dear friends:Since the Jewish festival season, I feel that life has been like a whirlwind for me. I would like to share with you a few experiences and observations:


  • Thought for the Day

    The following is a transcript of the “Thought for the Day” broadcast of November 14 by the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks delivered on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to mark the 70th anniversary of the formation of The Council of Christians and Jews.