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- German Catholic bishops' visit to Israel sparks controversy
- Vatican and Israeli Rabbinate hold 7th dialogue in Jerusalem
- Academic meeting between Orthodox Christianity and Judaism occurs in Jerusalem
- Southern Poverty Law Center: Antisemitism and Traditionalist Catholics
- Christian Zionists offer letter of repentance in the Isareli Knesset
- 100 Iranians condemn Iranian Holocaust-denial conference
- United Nations condemns any denial of the Holocaust
- Council of Centers announces individual memberships for those working in Jewish-Christian relations
- Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Vatican Rejects Iranian Holocaust Denial Effort
- U. S Cardinal Keeler condemns "revisionist" history of the Holocaust
- Jewish, Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders Call on the United States to Make Peace a Priority
- National Council of Churches condemns Iran Holocaust conference
- "True Muslims Must Never Deny the Euoprean Holocaust"
- Islamic Society of North America condemns intra-Muslim violence in Iraq
- Local Muslim leaders at US Holocaust Memorial Museum express solidarity with Jews in rejecting Holocaust denial
- U.S. Orthodox Jewish and Catholic dialogue statement on school choice
- International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee meets in South Africa; discusses AIDS
- New Catholic-Jewish centre a Canadian first
- Boston interreligious leaders issue appeal: "People of Faith Share These Values"
- Center to Collaborate with Hebrew College and Andover-Newton Theological School in Offering Interreligious Learning Courses
- Archbishop of Canterbury and Chief Rabbis of Israel issue historic Joint Declaration
- Pope makes controversial references to Islam in German university lecture
- Hungarian nun who was killed for rescuing Jews is beatified
- First rabbis ordained in Germany in 60 Years
- UCC President sees relations with Jews as "stretched almost to breaking by the dilemmas of the Middle East" although "this precious relationship cannot ultimately be broken."
- Vatican to open all archives from 1922 to 1939
- Episcopal General Assembly votes to study anti-Judaism in biblical and liturgical texts
- Hungarian nun killed by Nazis for sheltering Jews to be beatified
- Israeli-Hezbollah conflict and Christian-Jewish relations
- Vatican and World Council of Churches to Pursue Common Code of Conduct on Religious Conversion
- Catholic-Jewish Pioneer, Dr. Rose Thering, O.P. dies.
- Boston's Cardinal O'Malley addresses Jewish community to mark Nostra Aetate's 40th anniversary
- Statement of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem on the Palestinian Election
- International and Local Catholic Bishops call for peace with justice for all people and the three faiths of the Holy Land
- Statement of the Archbishop of Canterbury for Holocaust Memorial Day
- National Catholic-Jewish Consultation Meets, Issues Joint Communiqué
- Bishop condemns remarks of Iranian president
- United Nations Considers Resolution to Set January 27 as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"
- Statement of the Holy See on the UN Resolution on "Holocaust Remembrance Day"
- Chief Rabbi David Rosen Named President of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligous Consultations
- Pope said to view Israel trip as "a priority"
- United Church of Christ's 25th General Assembly calls for economic leveraging in the Middle-east and urges Israel to "tear down the wall"
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe issues report on Cordoba Conference on Antisemitism and Intolerance (held on June 8-9, 2005)
- Beatification of French priest delayed after discovery of antisemitic writings
- Pope Benedict meets with global Jewish delegation
- Chicago Jews, Protestants find way to talk over Israel-Palestine conflict
- Pope John Paul II dies. Slideshow on his teachings, "Definer of a New Relationship" available.
- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI. Resources available.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America considers constructive investment in Israel and Palestinian Authority.
- Six Jewish groups urge mainline Protestant churches against Israeli divestment.
- World Council of Churches endorses divestment moves
- Committee on Episcopal Jewish-Relations, Episcopal Diocese of New York issues "Consultative Document on Israel"
- International Council of Christians and Jews to Hold First Meeting in USA in 25 Years
- Episcopal Leaders Issue Statement on interfaith relations, peace ministries with Israel
- Archbishop of Canterbury Replies to ICCJ Letter of September 28, 2004
- American Jewish Committee issues background report on Israel Divertment Campaigns
- Vatican-Israeli Dialogue Calls for Interreligious Respect in Jerusalem
- Christian Leaders Express Concern over Gibson film's DVD Release
- Anglican Peace and Justice Network Issues statement on Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
- ADL Protests One-Sided Statement
- Iinternational Council of Christians and Jews writes to the Archbishop of Canterbury about Anglican Peace and Justice Network statement
- 216th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) votes to study issue of "messianic synagogues" and to divest from selected Israeli companies
- International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee meets in Buenos Aires
- National Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Warns Against Antisemitic Uses of Gibson's Passion
- Pew Research Survey: More People Believe Jews Killed Jesus
- Catholics Concerned over Israel's Delay in Renewing Visas
- Cardinal Kasper comments on The Passion of the Christ
- Statement of Bishop of San Jose prior to release of The Passion of the Christ
- Bishop Stephen Blaire Introduces New Collection of Catholic Documents on Interpreting the Passion Narratives
- US Catholic Bishops announce "The Bible, the Jews, and the Death of Jesus: A Collection of Catholic Documents"
- Council of Centers calls for Passion education
- Consultative Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Relations issues statement on The Passion of Christ
- Canadian Church Leaders Speak Out Against Antisemitism
- National Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Meets: releases new video series; BCEIA to issue Lenten collection of documents on crucifixion; condemns hate sites and antisemitism
- Report on Antisemitism in Europe now available
- ADL Honors Fr. John Pawlikowski
- Union for Reform Judaism unveils Christian-Jewish dialogue curriculum
- National Polish American - Jewish American Council issues statement on usage of the term "Holocaust"
- Cardinal Kasper calls for putting Catholic teachings on Jews and Judaism into action
- Cardinal Kasper: Vatican Has Not Endorsed Gibson's The Passion
- French clergy and scholars visit New York's Jewish Community
- 1933 Letter of Edith Stein to Pope Pius XI made public
- Vatican opens access to new archival material
- Pope and Roman chief rabbi meet
- Cardinal Walter Kasper delivers major address during visit to the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
- Council of Centers holds first annual meeting
- Torah scroll rescued from the Shoah is welcomed to Boston College
- Christian Scholars Group Issues Statement on Rethinking Christian Faith in Relation to Judaism
- SIDIC Library Collection and SIDIC-Rome Documentation Center to be Inaugurated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome
- ELCA Issues Eight "Talking Points" on Christian-Jewish Relations
- BCEIA/NCS issues major "Reflections on Covenant and Mission"
- Rabbi Mordecai Waxman dies. He was a Jewish pioneer in interfaith dialogue
- Pope telegrams Rome's Jewish community about cemetery desecration
- American Baptists issue a reply to Dabru Emet
- Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations is established
- Three Christian Scholars Group members honored
- From SIDIC: Rome Study Session on New Biblical Commission Document
- International Council of Christians and Jews issues statement on Middle-east
- Plague of Antisemitism in Europe
- Two statements on the Middle-east Conflict from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Two U.S. Catholic Statements on the Middle-east Conflict
- Christian Scholars Group on Jewish-Christian Relations Partners with Boston College
- Center so-sponsors first NH Jewish-Catholic seder
- Pope's Easter Message Pleads for Peace in the Middle-east
- Vatican Announces Schedule for Access to Its Archives
- Pontifical Biblical Commission issues instruction on "The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible."
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- Pope greets Catholic-Jewish conference in Paris
- U.S. Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs & National Council of Synagogues issue a Joint Reflection on Sept 11th, entitled, "Filled with Sadness, Charged with Hope"
- Pope to Invite Global Religious Leaders to Assisi on Jan 24 for Day of Prayer for Peace
- Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston issue joint statement
- Boston and New England Religious Leaders Issue Interfaith Statement about Sept 11 Terrorist Acts
- A Current Rehashing of Old Christian European Antisemitic Themes
- New national council for C-J relations centers planned
- Pope in Kazakhstan praises "authentic Islam."
- International Lutheran - Jewish consultation held in Budapest
- Islamic Society of North America condemns terrorist attacks
- Papal audience remarks on the terrorist attack on the United States
- Statement of the Jewish Caucus on the NGO Process and Concluding Document Issued in Connection with the U.N. World Conference Against Racism
- International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) writes Cardinal Kasper about the Holocaust Commission controversy
- Cardinal Kasper issues statement on the cessation of the joint Holocaust historians' committee
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America issues statement on Middle-east
- Team of Catholic and Jewish holocaust scholars suspends its activities
- Cardinal William Keeler issues statement on the suspension of the holocaust scholars' work
- Israeli and Palestinian leaders and intellectuals issue call for peace
- Cardinal Kasper addresses the International Council of Christians and Jews meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Genocide Warning Issued for the Sudan
- International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee holds its 17th meeting. Important progress in the interfaith relationship is made
- John Paul II calls for an end to the language of incitement and hate and the immoral chain of provocations and reprisals in the Middle East
- 17th Meeting of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee to occur in New York, May 1-4, 2001
- Vatican announces new head of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
- French rabbinate discloses 1968 outline of a Jewish theological statement on Christianity
- U.S. Bishops Issue Guidelines on Holocaust Education in Catholic School Settings
- Yom Hashoah Menorah Memorials to be Placed in Catholic Seminaries
- Cardinal Ratzinger links Christian anti-Judaism to the Holocaust.
- U.S. Bishops grateful for Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity
- Cardinal Francis Arinze of the Vatican Council for Interreligious Dialogue engages in an informal chat and presents a public lecture at Boston College
- U.S. Bishops issue statement on ongoing Middle East violence
- American Jewish Committee disappointed by U.S. Bishops Middle East statement
- U.S. Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the National Synagogue Council issue joint statements on "Children and the Environment" and condemning acts of religious hatred
- Pope speaks about interreligious dialogue at weekly audience
- Reactions to violence in Israel and Palestinian Authority
- Bishop Howard Hubbard receives interfaith award
- International Catholic Jewish Historical Commission issues preliminary report on the Vatican during World War II
- John Paul II comments on Dominus Iesus
- Bishop Walter Kasper discusses Dominus Iesus theme
- Jewish scholars group issues statement on Christianity entitled Dabru Emet
- Reactions to Vatican document Dominus Iesus
- Message by Pope John Paul II to an interreligious conference gathered in Lisbon
- International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultation (IJCIC) protests beatification of Pope Pius IX
- Pope John Paul II's homily at the beatifications of Pope Pius IX and John XXIII