How can we be “both loyal and open?” some thoughts on religious education and prejudice

Abstract

By way of introduction: in 2008, I was elected to serve the first of what was to become two terms as president of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ). A veteran interreligious organization that began in Europe after the Second World War, the ICCJ has its headquarters in Germany and member organizations in over 30 countries throughout the world. In 2009, the ICCJ issued the Berlin Document, "A Time for Re-Commitment."1 This was, I believe, a groundbreaking statement in the history of Jewish-Christian dialogue.