Ecumenical Resources: Jewish-Christian Relations

• Lutheran (ELCA) - Jewish Relations
  Includes guidelines, statements, talking points and congregational study documents.
• Presbyterian (PCUSA) - Jewish Relations

Jewish Organizations

• Tikkun Magazine
  Tikkun is a bimonthly magazine critiquing politics, culture, and society from a Jewish perspective. Edited by Rabbi Michael Lerner.
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
  The United Synagogue, founded in 1913, is the association of Conservative congregations in North America, today consisting of 800 affiliated synagogues and over one-and-a-half-million members. The vision of the USCJ is to promote the role of the synagogue in Jewish life in order to motivate Conservative Jews to perform mitzvot encompassing ethical behavior, spirituality, Judaic learning, and ritual observance.
• Union for Reform Judaism
  The Union for Reform Judaism, the central body of the Reform Movement in North America, was founded in Cincinnati in 1873 and, today, is the largest Jewish movement in North America, representing an estimated 1.5 million Jews. As the congregational arm of the Reform Movement, the URJ's primary mission is to create and sustain vibrant Jewish congregations wherever Reform Jews live.

Jewish-Christian Organizations

• Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
  The Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations is an association of centers and institutes devoted to enhancing mutual understanding between Jews and Christians. Most of these centers or institutes are located in the United States, but there are also affiliate members from other countries. Representatives from major Christian and Jewish agencies and religious bodies in the United States are also members.
• The National Conference for Community and Justice
  The National Conference for Community and Justice, founded in 1927 as The National Conference for Christians and Jews, is a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in America. NCCJ promotes understanding and respect among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution, and education.
• Jewish-Christian Relations
  A site concerned with issues in the on-going Christian-Jewish dialogue containing articles, bibliographies and other resources, pages of Christian-Jewish organizations, addresses of and links to institutes and groups involved in the dialogue, statements of churches, joint statements, as well as news, events, and reports. Many contributions are also available in German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
• Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies (ICJS)
  A non-profit organization that concentrates its educational expertise on the dual tasks of disarming religious hatred and establishing models of interfaith understanding. Founded in 1987 by an interfaith coalition of laity and clergy, the ICJS offers a variety of educational programs that highlight the distinctiveness of the Jewish and Christian traditions and confront the dangerous misunderstandings that have evolved in our two communities.
• Boston College Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
  Devoted to the multifaceted development & implementation of new relationships between Christians & Jews that are based not merely on toleration but on full respect and mutual enrichment. This purpose flows from the Mission of Boston College & responds to the vision of Roman Catholic documents since the Vatican II.  Scholars and thinkers representing diverse Jewish and Christian perspectives engage in intense and ongoing study of all aspects of our related yet distinct traditions of faith.