CJCUC RESPONSE TO “BETWEEN JERUSALEM & ROME” CJCUC September 5, 2017No comments

The Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Jerusalem (CJCUC) applauds the recent statement “Between Jerusalem and Rome” of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, the Rabbinical Council of America and the Conference of European Rabbis. The statement confirms the growing awareness among Jews—and particularly religious Jews—throughout the world that the Catholic Church has transformed its teachings about Jews…

CJCUC & THE ORTHODOX RABBIS STATEMENT ON CHRISTIANITY CJCUC January 10, 2016

Last month, CJCUC published on its website, a groundbreaking statement on Christianity by Orthodox rabbis. Most reactions to the statement were positive and welcoming, yet some agenda-driven persons have distorted the meaning of our statement to advance their agenda. Breaking Israel News has covered the controversy and allowed CJCUC officers to put the statement in perspective. The…

BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND ROME

Between Jerusalem and Rome Reflections on 50 Years of Nostra Aetate Preamble In the biblical account of creation, God fashions a single human being as the progenitor of all humanity. Thus, the Bible’s unmistakable message is that all human beings are members of a single family. And after the deluge of Noah, this message is…

Theology’s “Sacred Obligation”: A Reply to Cardinal Dulles

Mary C. Boys, Philip A. Cunningham, and John T. Pawlikowski America, Oct. 14, 2002. Posted with permission. As members of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations, we helped write a statement released earlier this month, “A Sacred Obligation: Rethinking Christian Faith in Relation to Judaism and the Jewish People.” At the heart of this…

The Future of the Relationship: Hopes and Expectations

PHILIP CUNNINGHAM AND ADAM GREGERMAN | 02.03.2016 Summary report of a dialogical plenary at ICCJ’s annual conference in July 2015 in Rome/Italy. This “dialogical plenary” used the following format: Presenters Philip Cunningham and Adam Gregerman began by having an informal conversation between them that followed the overall structure of the ICCJ Conference: “The 50th Anniversary…

Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity

  December 3, 2015 To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the United States and Europe recognize the historic opportunity now before us. We seek to…

Is Christian-Jewish Theological Dialogue Permitted? (part 1)

August 30, 2012 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN My revered teacher and mentor, Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik, published an essay entitled “Confrontation,” dealing with the subject of Jewish-Christian dialogue; it appeared in the Spring 1964 edition of Tradition, the official journal of the (Orthodox) Rabbinical Council of America.  What follows is an analysis of and commentary…

Is Christian-Jewish Theological Dialogue Permitted? (part 2)

Confrontation Desired What emerges most decisively from Rav Soloveitchik’s “Confrontation” is how the Rav always emphasizes the importance of confrontation – dialogue – with the other faith community: We insist upon the indispensability of the double confrontation….As a charismatic faith community, we have to meet the challenge of confronting the general, non-Jewish faith community.  We…

AN ADDRESS TO THE CHURCHES SEELISBERG (Switzerland), 1947

The following statement, produced by Christian participants at an “Emergency Conference on Anti-Semitism,” held in Seelisberg, Switzerland from July 30 – August 5, 1947. This conference also led to the formation of the International Council of Christians and Jews. Its statement was one of the first statements following World War II in which Christians, with…