International Council of Christians and Jews

The International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) is part of an organization that comprises 38 Jewish-Christian dialogue organizations worldwide. Over the past fifty years ICCJ has been successfully engaged in the historical renewal of Jewish and Christian relations. The organization was founded as a reaction to the Holocaust in the awareness that ways must be found to examine the engrained roots of hate, mistrust and fear between Christians and Jews. In recent years the ICCJ has engaged in Abrahamic dialogue with Christians, Jews and Muslims, which has promoted wider interfaith relations. The ICCJ formulates a platform through annual conferences where people of different religious backgrounds give their experience and expertise on current issues and topics. The mission of the ICCJ is to promote understanding and cooperation between Christians and Jews with respect to each other's identity and integrity, address issues of human rights and human dignity, counter all forms of discrimination, intolerance and prejudice, and encourage research and education within and among universities and theological seminaries in order to foster understanding among teachers, students, religious scholars and leaders.