coming up
Australian Catholic University: CU Lecture by Prof Frank X. Clooney SJ (Harvard University) "Interreligious Learning in the Papacy of Pope Francis" ACU Strathfield Campus (Gleeson Auditorium) 6 for 6.30pm, 27 July 2017. Info and registration details here.
Open Forum hosted by NSW Council of Christians & Jews: The Situation in Israel/Palestine: feedback from the 'Give Peace a Chance' Tour. 8 August 6pm. Polding Centre, 133 Liverpool St Sydney.
2017 Series: 'Torah Study for Christians' with Rabbi Gad Krebs, held every second Wednesday of the month at St Ives, NSW. Cost $5 per session. BYO bible. Contact for more info: rabbi@masada.org.au Next session: 14 June. 7.30pm St Ives Baptist Church. Topic: Adam and Eve - Genesis 1-3
Latest documents on Jewish - Christian relations:
- 3 Dec 2015. Orthodox Rabbinic statement
- 10 Dec 2015. Vatican document: Commission for Religious Relations with Jews.
Pope Francis' address at the Synagogue in Rome, 17 Jan 2016
Newsletter from the St James Vicariate for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel - here. To learn more about this church in Israel, watch this video and visit their website.
28 October 2015. Fiftieth Anniversary of Nostra Aetate.
- Major commemorative event sponsored by Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and others at the Great Synagogue in Sydney. Watch a beautiful 5min commemorative video here. More...
Resource:
2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the Vatican II document "Nostra Aetate."
- This teaching fundamentally changed Jewish-Christian relations. ICCJ alerts us to a collection of primary texts relating to this important anniversary, available at Dialogika... some of these documents have been made available in English for the first time. See here.
- Free Jewish-Christian liturgical calendar available from Etz Hayim - Tree of Life for 2016-2017. This excellent resource has the readings and festivals for both Jewish and Christian liturgical cycles. Download your copy here.
