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Wpis 01-05-2024
The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
At this year’s American Catholic Historical Association conference, held in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s 2024 Annual Meeting, four colleagues in twentieth-century Italian and German history – Mark Ruff, Suzanne Brown-Flemin...
Wpis 01-05-2024
Bundesweite Studie zu den Auswirkungen des terroristischen Anschlags am 7. Oktober 2023 auf die jüdische und israelische Community in Deutschland
Der Angriff auf Israel durch die Terrororganisation Hamas am 7.10.2023 markiert für die jüdische und israelische Community in Deutschland einen tiefen Einschnitt. Jüdinnen_Juden stehen vor der Aufgabe, die traumatischen Folgen des tödlichen Angriffs...
Wpis 01-05-2024
A New Era? Christian-Jewish Relations in Post-Cold War Europe
In December 2015, during a festive gathering at Tel Aviv University, a book – the first of its kind – was launched: In our time: Documents and Articles on the Catholic Church and the Jewish People in the Wake of the Holocaust.[1] The volume includes...
Wpis 15-04-2024
To our fathers in the faith: you are not alone!
Since October 7, in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks and hostage-taking, and the subsequent military operations in Gaza, we have witnessed a chain of violence that has placed the entire Middle East at the heart of a devastating cyclone. The e...
Wpis 24-04-2024
36th annual Catholic-Jewish colloquium examines impact of war on groups’ relations
April 24, 2024 - As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues into its sixth month, a group gathered at the Center for Pastoral Leadership to examine the impact of the war on the relations between Catholics and Jews.
Wpis 01-03-2024
Israel as a Jewish State – Religious and Secular Dimensions
The rise of modern Zionism during the second half of the nineteenth century is essentially connected with the major processes that marked European Jewish life during the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The most notable of these are the Enli...
Wpis 01-03-2024
Interfaith Dialogue: Making Religion Part of Israel’s Middle East Peace
How did Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, an unassuming, boyish-looking 55-yearold Talmudic scholar from Otniel, a small settlement south of Hebron, become involved in interfaith activities, meet with Muslim religious leaders,and travel throughout the world, s...
Wpis 02-02-2024
Vatican City, 2 February 2024 - Letter of the Holy Father to Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel
We are experiencing a moment of great travail. Wars and divisions are increasing all over the world. We are truly, as I said some time ago, in the midst of a sort of "piecemeal world war", with serious consequences on the lives of many populations....
Wpis 12-02-2024
February 12th, 2024 - Response to the Pope's letter, dated from 2 February 2024.
We received Your Holiness’ letter with deep gratitude for your enduring trust and friendship. “Words that emanate from the heart, enter the heart” [Rabbi Moshe Ibn Ezra, Sefer Shirat Yisrael/ Kitab almakhatzrah wa-almadakrah] -- we are moved by this...
Wpis 01-03-2024
Fritz VOLL (1930-2024)
We mourn the loss of Fritz Voll, the founder and architect of this website, who passed away in Toronto, Canada, in early February 2024 at the age of 93.