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1 May 2012
CPE STUDY DAY: Diversity in End of Life Care
On Tuesday the 3rd of July the Centre for Public Education will deliver a course to the Barts Health NHS Trust on 'Diversity in End of Life Care'.
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20 April 2012
Intertwined Worlds Launch
The first issue of Intertwined Worlds has now been launched.
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26 March 2012
Bridging the Great Divide: the Jewish-Muslim Encounter
The Woolf Institute, together with the School of International Service at the American University in Washington, is delighted to announce that it will be offering the e-learning course, Bridging the Great Divide: the Jewish-Muslim Encounter, for a second year and is now accepting applications.
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2 March 2012
The World of the Cairo Genizah
An exciting new lecture series jointly-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of the Muslim-Jewish Relations and the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit will be launched this Michaelmas.
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18 February 2012
Interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs
Woolf Institute Interview with the Revd Dr Toby Howarth, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs, now available.
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17 February 2012
Studentships and Bursaries - MSt in The Study of Jewish-Christian Relations
CJCR is pleased to offer up to two studentships covering tuition fees for both years (for UK/EU or international students) and a number of bursaries covering part of the tuition fees for entrants wishing to pursue the MSt beginning in the autumn of 2012.
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16 February 2012
Gathering of Voices: Interfaith Harmony Week 2012
Full recordings of the Woolf Institute and Matheson Trust's World Interfaith Harmony Week event are now available.
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15 February 2012
CMJR announces New Visiting Fellows
Professor Akbar Ahmed and Professor Susan Miller have been confirmed as the new Visiting Fellows for 2012-2013.
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8 February 2012
Archbishop Vincent Nichols Lecture
On Wednesday the 8th February, Archbishop Vincent Nichols delivered a Woolf Institute public lecture on the subject of 'God in the City'.
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7 February 2012
Muslim Jewish relations at Cambridge Muslim College
Dr Josef Meri has recently delivered two lectures to the Cambridge Muslim College, addressing the approach to Islam and Judiasm within Jewish and Muslim Theological Texts.
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7 February 2012
Junior Research Fellowship 2012-13: Liberal Theology and "the Jews"
The Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow for one year to assist the Academic Director, Lars Fischer, in establishing a research project on Liberal Theology and “the Jews” for which he has been awarded a British Academy Small Research Grant, and to undertake original research relevant to the project.
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7 February 2012
CPE Faith & Localism Launch
On Tuesday 7th February the Centre for Public Education at the Woolf Institute presented a breakfast briefing on the forthcoming Faith & Localism pilot project.
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13 December 2011
Two faiths, one goal: the Chief Rabbi's Papal audience
The visit of the Chief Rabbi to the Vatican, organised by the Woolf Institute and the Vatican's Cardinal Bea Centre, provided an opportunity to regain momentum in Jewish-Catholic relations at the highest level.
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12 December 2011
“Has Europe Lost its Soul?” Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks delivers Rome Lecture
On the 12th December the Woolf Institute co-hosted a lecture by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on the question "Has Europe Lost its Soul?" This lecture marked the occasion of the Chief Rabbi's private audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, an audience faciliated by the Woolf Institute's director Dr Edward Kessler.
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23 November 2011
Religious diversity in policing
On Tuesday the 22nd of November, the Woolf Institute gave a seminar on Religious Diversity in Policing for the new intake of trainee officers for the Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
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18 November 2011
Barcelona Talk on Shared Pilgrimage Places among Muslims and Jews
Dr Josef (Yousef) Meri recently acted as an invited participant in the roundtable discussion: “Mediterranean Cities of Knowledge and Faith in the Middle Ages”, part of the international conference on “Mediterranean Cities: Civilisation and Development” (16-18 November 2011) in Barcelona, Spain.
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28 October 2011
Memorandum between Doha International Centre for Inter-faith Dialogue (DICID) and the Woolf Institute
On October 26th the Doha International Centre for Inter-faith Dialogue (DICID) and the Woolf Institute signed an agreement for bilateral academic co-operation.
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27 October 2011
Muslim-Jewish Student Initiative at St Edmund's College, Cambridge
On 27 October 2011, CMJR Academic Director Dr Josef (Yousef) Meri, organised the first-ever Muslim-Jewish student initiative at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge.
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26 October 2011
Jews and Christians: Perspectives on Mission
The Woolf Institute is pleased to announce the publication of Jews and Christians: Perspectives on Mission. This resource has been written by the Revd. Patrick Morrow, Rabbi Reuven Silverman and Prof. Daniel Langton and discussed in meetings of the Lambeth Jewish Forum, an informal meeting of Jews with Christians from the Church of England.
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26 October 2011
Adang Seminar focuses on fatwas for medieval Jewish legal history
On the 19th of October CMJR Visiting Fellow Dr Camilla Adang (Tel Aviv University) gave the first CMJR talk of the 2011-2012 academic year titled: "Jews in the Muslim Court: From the Classical to the Ottoman Period".
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25 October 2011
DAVAR Lecture: Muslims and Jews: the state of play
On the 11th October Ed Kessler gave an evening lecture on the state of play in Muslim-Jewish Relations at Bristol University. This lecture was organised by DAVAR, an independent Jewish Cultural Institute, in partnership with Bristol City Council.
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25 October 2011
Dr Edward Kessler and Prof Gavin D'Costa: Jews, Christians and Mission
On Tuesday 11th October Dr Edward Kessler and Prof Gavin D'Costa delivered papers on the place of mission in Christian-Jewish Relations at Bristol University's Theology Faculty. Approximately 50 attended the seminar, the highest attendance in many years.
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22 October 2011
The Reverend Dr Toby Howarth: Perspectives on Mission in 21st Century Britain
On the 22nd of November the Reverend Dr Toby Howarth visited the Woolf Institute to deliver a lecture on 'Perspectives on Mission in 21st Century Britain'. This seminar marked the launch of the Lambeth-Jewish Forum document: Jews and Christians: Perspectives on Mission.
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18 October 2011
MSt Graduate Martin Borysek begins doctoral studies in Cambridge
Recent MSt graduate, Martin Borysek, has returned to Cambridge as a doctoral student in the Faculty of Divinity.
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4 October 2011
JCME E-Learning Course returns
Following its successful launch during the previous academic year, the Woolf Institute's e-learning course, Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges, began again this week.
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19 September 2011
Intertwined Worlds Conference
The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations in conjunction with the Cambridge University Centre of Islamic Studies held a three day symposium Intertwined Worlds at Selwyn College, Cambridge University from 11-13 September 2011. The highlight of the event was an address by the Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, marking the 10th anniversary of September 11th.
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8 September 2011
CMJR Visiting Fellowship 2012-2013
The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations welcomes applications for the position of Visiting Fellow in the year 2012-2013.
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1 August 2011
British Academy grant for CJCR
Dr Lars Fischer, Academic Director of the CJCR, has received a British Academy grant to begin to pursue a research project entitled ‘Liberal Theology and the Jews’.
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6 July 2011
Dr Edward Kessler awarded MBE for services to interfaith relations
Dr Edward Kessler, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to interfaith relations.
Events
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CMC/CMJR OPEN SEMINAR: Comparing Mourning and Burial Practices in Medieval Judaism and Islam
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CJCR STUDY DAY: 'The Failure of Cestius Gallus'? and 'Judaism, Christianity, and the Problem of Categories' with Steve Mason
