Jesuits and Jews
June 30 – July 4, 2024
Katholische Akademie in Berlin
Photo: St. Canisius (Berlin), CC Wikimedia Commons
Jesuits and Jews
June 30 – July 4, 2024
Katholische Akademie in Berlin
Die Gruppe der “Jesuits Among Muslims” (JAM) sowie der „Jesuits and Jews“ (J&J) versammelt Jesuiten aus allen fünf Kontinenten, die sich im christlich-muslimischen bzw. im christlich-jüdischen Dialog engagieren, um ihre Erfahrungen gemeinsam zu reflektieren und zu teilen. Sie arbeiten in unterschiedlichsten Bereichen und treffen sich jeweils alle zwei Jahre, um einen Raum des gemeinsamen Nachdenkens über gegenwärtige Dynamiken im Islam und im Verhältnis zu Muslimen bzw. über gegenwärtige Dynamiken im Judentum und im Verhältnis zu Juden zu schaffen. Im Juli 2024 treffen sich fünfunddreißig von ihnen für eine Woche an der Katholischen Akademie in Berlin.
Organisation
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Conference Program
| Sunday, June 30: Starting J&J and JAM together | |
| 16:00 | Getting together and introducing our meeting |
| 17:00 | Sunday Mass Katholische Akademie, St. Thomas von Aquin Church |
| 19:00 | Dinner Katholische Akademie, Ground floor |
| 20:30 | Socializing Katholische Akademie, Third floor |
| Monday, July 1 | |
| 8:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Guided Tour by Marc Wrasse, J&J and JAM together “Berlin. The (Un)Making of Democracy”: Spree Island – Oldest Church in Berlin – House of One – Protestant Cathedral – Castle – University (coffee break) – Catholic Cathedral – Memorial to the burning of books – Unter den Linden to Brandenburg Gate – Monument of the Holocaust. Lunch in the city centre Afternoon J&J only: Jewish Museum and Jewish Enlightenment in Berlin guided by Marc Wrasse |
| 18:30 | Holy Mass Katholische Akademie, St. Thomas von Aquin Church |
| 19:30 | Dinner in Jewish restaurant |
| Tuesday, July 2 | |
| 7:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:30 | Meeting with Rabbi Daniel Fabian on Jewish Orthodoxy in Germany today |
| 10:00 | Meeting with Prof. Rainer Kampling: Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Berlin – Catholics facing Jewish-Protestant Dialogue |
| 11:15 | Travelling to Potsdam to the Abraham Geiger Kolleg. Meeting with Rabbi Andreas Nachama on Progressive Judaism in Germany and its challenges |
| 14:15 | Lunch at the Mensa of the University followed by a walk through the parc of the Castle Sanssouci of King Friedrich the Great and the historical city centre of Potsdam |
| 17:30 – 19:15 | Exchange among ourselves on our projects, experiences, commitments in dialogue with Jews and Judaism |
| 19:30 | Holy Mass Katholische Akademie, St. Thomas von Aquin Church |
| 20:15 | Dinner with Prof. Elad Lapidot and Dr. Stephan Steiner from The Berlin Centre for Intellectual Diaspora |
| Wednesday, July 3 | |
| 8:00 | Breakfast |
| Parting of the Ways: Judaism, Christianity and Islam in late Antiquity | |
| 9:00 –10:15 | Mr. Dirk Hartwig: Qur’anic research in Germany: A Historical- Critical “Relecture” (Jewish Studies, Corpus Coranicum), Lecture and discussion |
| 10:30 – 11:45 | Prof. Angelika Neuwirth: Lecture and discussion |
| 12:00 | Dr. Tuğrul Kurt: How do you receive historical-critical exegesis in your own theological work? Lecture and discussion |
| 13:00 | German Lunch |
| Jewish-Muslim Dialogue in Germany Katholische Akademie, Third Floor, Conference Hall | |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Meeting two protagonists of the Denkfabrik Schalom-Aleikum: Dr. Dmitrij Belkin (Central Council of Jews in Germany) & Mr. Eren Güvercin (co-founder of Alhambra Society): Jews in Germany, Muslims in Germany: Rivals in Solidarity? |
| Jesuits, Jews and Muslims | |
| 17:00 | Personal time: What remains in me after these days? |
| 17:45 | Sharing among J&J and among JAM |
| 18:30 | Assembly J&J and JAM |
| 19:30 | Holy Mass |
| 20:30 | Dinner |
| Thursday, July 4 | |
| 8:00 | Breakfast |
| Departure |
