International Council of Christians and Jews

and

Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

Cordially invite you to the

ICCJ-Conferene 2009

A Time for Recommitment

Jewish Christian Dialogue

70 Years after War and Shoah

Sunday, 5. July - Wednesday, 8. July in Berlin

Akademie of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

Tiergartenstraße 35

10785 Berlin

Program

Sunday, 5. July 2009

17.00 hrs Registration

18.00 hrs Dinner

20.00 hrs Time for Recommitment – The Twelve Points of Berlin Building the New Relationship between Jews and Christians

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Beate Neuss

Vice-Chair of Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Chemnitz

Dr Deborah Weissman

ICCJ President, Jerusalem

Dr Wolfgang Schäuble

Minister of the Interior, Berlin

Rabbi Dr h c Henry G Brandt

Jewish President of the German Coordinating Council of Christian-Jewish cooperation, Augsburg

Dr. Pilipp A. Cunningham

ICCJ Vice President, Philadelphia

Bischof Dr. Wolfgang Huber

Chairman of the Council of Protestant Churches, Berlin

Signing Ceremony

ICCJ member organisations sign The Twelve Points of Berlin

Reception

Monday, 6. July 2009

09.00 hrs Joint Meditative Moment

09.15 hrs The necessity of developing theologies of Judaism that affirm ist distinctive integrity

Christian keynote speaker

Bishop Dr Heinrich Mussinghoff, Aachen

Jewish respondent

Dr Edward Kessler, Cambridge

Moderation: Dr Deborah Weissman

11.00 hrs Workshops on theological topics deriving from the Twelve Points of Berlin

- Paulus and Judaism

Presenters: David Bolton, Emmanuel Nathan

- 21 century forms of supersessionism (German)

Presenter: Dagmar Mensink

- The mutual influence of Jewish and Christian liturgy

Presenter: Prof. Dr. Clemens Leonhard

- The impact of the Israeli Palestinian conflict on Christian-Jewish Dialogue

Presenters: Judith Banki, Dr Jane Clements, Dr Deborah Weissman

- The Papacy of Benedikt XVI

Presenters: Lucia Faltin, Dr. Hans Hermann Henrix

- From Assymetry to complementarity? The „Rheinische Synodalbeschluss

Presenters: Katja Kriener, Dr. Matthias Loerbroks

- What is the Christian mission to the Jews after the Shoah?

Presenters: Marieke den Hartog, Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Heinz

13.00 hrs Lunch

13.30 hrs - Introduction of new educational material and courses in

Jewish Christian relations

Presenter: Lucia Faltin

14.30 hrs Workshops on today’s issues in Jewish Christian dialogue

- Christian-Jewish dialogue in France (French)

Presenter: Florence Taubmann

- A report on the „Christ and the Jewish People consultation“

Presenter: Dr Joseph Sievers, Prof Dr John Pawlikowski

- How Jews and Christians pray about the other

Presenters: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Rabbi Dr. Andrew Goldstein

- Perceiving and Conceiving the „other“ through texts

Presenter: Rabbi Prof Dalia Marx

- Jewish Christian dialogue – yesterday and today (German) Presenters: Dr Hans Hermann Henrix, Rabbi Dr Walter Homolka

- Jewish communities in Germany today

Presenter: Sergej Lagodinsky

- Similarities and differences after the Shoa: second and third generation.

Presenter: Dr. Alan L. Berger

16.30 hrs Free evening

Tuesday, 7. July 2009.

08.45 hrs Presentation on the history of the Holocaust monument in Berlin

09.15 hrs Re-examining Jewish texts and liturgy in the light of Jewish Christian dialogue

Jewish keynote speaker

Prof Ruth Langer, Boston College

Christian respondent

Dr. Barbara U Meyer, Hebrew University/Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem.

Moderation: Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Philadelphia

10.30 hrs Transfer by bus to Jannowitzbridge

11.15 hrs Excursion by boat on Spree river, lunch

15.30 hrs Return to Hotel

17.00 hrs Bustransfer to French Cathedral (Gendarmenmarkt)

17.30 hrs Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the German Coordinating Council at the French Cathedral

Speech

Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel, Berlin

19.30 hrs Reception

20.00 hrs Free evening

Wednesday, 8. July 2009

09.00 hrs Joint Meditative Moment

09.15 hrs The common commitment for justice in the global society

Panel with

Christian Meissner, Berlin

Rabeya Müller, Cologne

Rabbi Debbie Young, London

Moderation: John Robinson

11.30 hrs Workshops on the non-theological topic from the “Twelve Points of Berlin”

- Women’s issues in interfaith dialogue

Presenters: Jael Botsch-Fitterling, Prof. Dr. Ursula Rudnick

- The current economic crisis and interfaith dialogue

Presenters: Dr. Shanta Premawardhana, Christian Meissner

- Interfaith Text Study
Presenters: Rabbi Ehud Bandel, Rabeya Müller, Dr. Barbara U. Meyer

- Good cases in Jewish Christian dialogue: Gartenstadt Atlantic Berlin-Wedding
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Michael Woffsohn

- Intergenerational process in interreligious dialgue

Presenter: John Robinson

- Chavruta on the Twelve Points of Berlin

Presenters: Daniel Geese, Daniela Koeppler

13.30 hrs Lunch packages and bus ride to Holocaust Memorial

15.00 hrs Visit of Jewish Museum

18.00 hrs Return to Hotel

19.00 hrs Dinner

The future of Christian Jewish dialogue

Dinerspeech

Hermann Gröhe

State Minister Federal Chancellery, Berlin

Moderation: Rabbi Ehud Bandel, Melbourne, Australien

Conference language

English and German. Simultaneous translation will be provided in plenary sessions. No translation in the workshops

Conference fee

€ 250,00

(includes meals indicated, Boat trip, visit of museum, etc.)

Conference Hotel

Hotel Berlin Berlin

Lützowplatz 17

10785 Berlin