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| | 30/05/2013 11:00am | Topic: Liberation theology. Speakers: Dr Joe Aldred and Rabbi Judith Rosen-Berry.
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| | 30/05/2013 7:30pm | Speakers: Mrs Josephine Jackson, Walter Kammerling and Professor Otto Hutter. |
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Listening would have been better at General Synod
"The decision by the General Synod of The Church of England meeting at York on Monday (July 9), to pass a motion naming EAPPI was probably not its most considered decision in recent years. "The grave reservations held by the CCJ – an organisation of Christians and Jews who regularly dialogue together - is not with the purpose of EAPPI itself, but rather with some of its methodology and the problematic reporting by some returned Ecumenical Accompaniers in the UK. That the Synod has given open support to that named programme above all others will appear also to give an endorsement to its UK reporting which in our opinion needs very careful monitoring and scrutiny. This is an unfortunate if not dangerous position for the church to be in. "Interfaith relationships can be sensitive at best and it takes little to upset the balance. The call is always for sensitivity to the other. "For the Church here in the UK it is a call for a sensitivity of Jewish relationship to the Land of Israel and their fears, appreciating that Jews also wish that Palestinians should live in peace, prosperity and security in their own State. Christians might be more sensitive to Jewish suffering, discrimination and antisemitism at the hands of many and especially Christians. "For the Jewish community here in the UK it should be understood that Christians also have a deep spiritual attachment to the land, and a concern to the plight faced by many of their co-religionists at the hands of some settlers or at the checkpoints. It is that, rather than anything more sinister, that causes many to speak out for those suffering hardship. "The Church’s impatience with Israel will be feared by some in the UK Jewish community that this will translate into impatience with British Jews and where that may lead. "The lesson from the Motion at General Synod is for more listening and greater sensitivity: there seems to be a paucity of both."
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| | | | | CCJ welcomes Church of Scotland’s decision to redraft introduction of paper on Israel and give clarity about some of the language used. |
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| | | | | Presidents, Vice Presidents and Board of Trustees joined together yesterday for a farewell lunch for the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. |
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| | | | | An evening looking at the work of The Peres Centre for Peace to foster Israeli-Palestinian relations |
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| | | | | CCJ seeks to bring two sides together following "insensitive" report |
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| | | | | The remains men, women and children believed to have been murdered more than 800 years ago, have been given a proper Jewish burial. |
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| | | | | The Council of Christians and Jews welcomes Pope Francis I, the first Pope to be elected from South America. |
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