About Us
Mission Statement
Through our mission and active participation within our communities we seek to:
- Reexamine the meaning of our religious assumptions, particularly about the other.
- Challenge the theological distortions and misconceptions that have contributed to the historical conflict between Christians and Jews;
- Develop resources within our respective communities that inspire both Christians and Jews to honor the legitimacy and distinctiveness of the other.
Goals
The ICJS addresses the contemporary challenges of religious pluralism by shaping a new relationship between Christians and Jews. Through careful and in-depth studies of sacred writings and traditions, we enable scholars, educators, clergy, seminarians, and lay people to:
- Disarm religious hatred by confronting religious sources of misunderstanding and developing new strategies to correct these distortions;
- Promote understandings of other religious traditions, particularly of Islam, the third Abrahamic tradition;
- Create new educational models and public forums that explore the interplay of core religious beliefs, values and practices within the public square.
