Category: Online Interreligious Events

Jaki wizerunek Żyda utrwalała sztuka chrześcijańska na przestrzeni wieków? Dowiecie się tego z wykładu ks. dr. Pawła Batorego, w którym zostaną przywołane i zanalizowane dzieła sztuki chrześcijańskiej ukazujące Żydów oraz do nich się odnoszące. Wśród poruszonych zagadnień znajdą się takie jak: personifikacje Eklezji (Kościoła) i Synagogi, zmienny sposób ukazywania Jezusa i Maryi, wizerunek Judasza na …

Jews and Judaism in Christian Art (in Polish) قراءة المزيد »

How can dialogue and mutual understanding come out of difficulty and conflict? Members of ICCJ (and others) are warmly invited to a special Zoom event on a groundbreaking glossary project launched this year in the UK. (Participants in last year’s ICCJ conference in Salzburg will recall a workshop led by CCJ UK on the theme.) …

In Conversation: Chief Rabbi and Church of Scotland Principal Clerk on Glossary Project قراءة المزيد »

Will God become man? Claudia Janssen legt die Weihnachtsgeschichte aus. Antisemitismuskritische BibelauslegungenEvangelische Akademie zu Berlin Claudia Janssen spreads the Christmas story: Antisemitism-critical Bible interpretations (in German) Weihnachten kommt Gott zur Welt, so heißt es in vielen Predigten am Heiligen Abend. Der Weihnachtsgeschichte zufolge wird er abgewiesen (vom Herbergswirt), verfolgt (durch Herodes) und nicht erkannt (außer …

Wird Gott Mensch? قراءة المزيد »

Annual Interfaith Lecture by Professor Erica Weiss as part of the Interfaith Week at the University of Southampton This talk considers why religious Jews and Muslims in Israel/Palestine have broadly avoided the mainstream liberal peace camp. It also discusses what religious Jewish groups do differently when they organize their own peace initiatives. This distinction is revealing …

Hummus and Gefilte Fish: Misrecognition and Divergence in Jewish-Palestinian Peace Initiatives قراءة المزيد »

OXFORD INTERFAITH FORUM, Ori Z Soltes, Georgetown Univ. (USA) BOOK LAUNCH One of the signal moments in the biblical narrative about Abraham – ‘a father of many nations’ is his insistent and enthusiastic reception of three strangers, a starting point of inspiration for all three Abrahamic traditions as they evolve and develop the details of …

Welcoming the Stranger: Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications قراءة المزيد »

 The Parkes Institute annual Howard Rein Lecture Charedi Jewish families have been in the news for a number of disputes around healthcare, including childhood immunisation uptake and refusal to teach statutory relationships and sex education. This talk draws on fieldwork conducted in Jerusalem, New York and London to un-pick these narratives and show how relationships …

Child Health across Charedi Worlds: Following Narratives of Non/Jewish Relations, Rights & Rhetoric قراءة المزيد »

The Parkes Institute Speakers Carolyn Sanzenbacher, ‘Solving the Jewish Problem through Conversion: Anti-Judaism or Antisemitism?’John K. Roth, ‘What is Antisemitism?’John T. Pawlikowski, ‘Uprooting Antisemitism from Christianity: What Needs To Be Done’ The idea that Christianity was in any way related to the racial antisemitism that informed the Holocaust was widely resisted in the early years …

Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust: The Weight and Consequences of Words قراءة المزيد »

The Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism  (BISA) Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, there is a rise in antisemitic attacks on Jews, Jewish property, and Jewish-identified institutions in Germany. German politicians have defined the protection of Israel as Germany’s Staatsraison because of Germany’s historical responsibility for the Holocaust. The …

Making Jews visible: Germany’s Antisemitism Commissioners قراءة المزيد »

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