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Recent Coverage
October 2009
An Interview with Dr Edward Kessler, Executive Director of the Woolf Institute, The Church Times
Ed Kessler is interviewed by the Church Times about his work in Jewish-Christian Relations and the founding of the Woolf Institute.
September 2009
Less sinned against than sinning, Dr Edward Kessler, The Tablet
"There is more to repentance at Yom Kippur than simply saying sorry". Ed Kessler reflects on the meaning of Teshuvah.
September 2009
Jewish aid to Pakistan breaks down barriers
A charity’s aid work in Pakistan helped to create a more positive image of Judaism, according to a Woolf Institute report published this week.
June 2009
Try listening to the person in pain, Church Times
Miriam Arkush reports on a programme held by The Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum and hosted by The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths and The Cambridge Union Society.
May 2009
Muslim Jewish Relations at the Hay Festival
Muslim-Jewish dialogue might be tricky, but, Ed Kessler explained, it's essential in tackling some of the most intractable problems of the age
May 2009
"Dialogue, not symbolism", Dr Edward Kessler, The Guardian
If Pope Benedict is to deepen relations with Jews, he cannot ignore the theological questions, writes Dr Ed Kessler.
March 2009
"The jury is still out on the wartime pope", Dr Edward Kessler, Jewish Chronicle
The process of study and debate over the role of Pope Pius XII will take longer than some might wish to assert, writes Dr Ed Kessler.
March 2009
European Platform for Jewish-Muslim Co-operation visits Cambridge, Jewish Chronicle
The European Platform for Jewish-Muslim Co-operation, an organisation aiming to provide a continental profile for Muslim-Jewish initiatives, visited the Centre for Muslim-Jewish relations as part of a 2-day UK visit.
February 2009
"Pope's isolation is thanks to years of education" Dr Edward Kessler, Jewish Chronicle
Years of productive interfaith dialogue have acted as a control to ill-advised Vatican decisions, writes Dr Kessler.
February 2009
"Healing the rift" Dr Edward Kessler, The Tablet
Dr Ed Kessler analyses the contoversy over the lifted excommunication of four controversial Bishops, including Holocaust-denier Richard Williamson.
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