Symposium: Christians and Christianity in the Jewish State

The Jerusalem Institute will be hosting an annual lecture in memory of Daniel Rossing, Founder and General Director of the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations.

 

And the book launch of:

Christians and Christianity in the Jewish State: Israeli Policy towards the Churches and the Christian Communities (1948-2010) by researcher Dr. Amnon Ramon, published by the Jerusalem Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations

 

Thursday, 16 Heshvan 5773, 1 November 2011

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Teddy Kollek Auditorium, Jerusalem Institute, 20 Radak Street, Jerusalem

 

Chair: Hana Bendcowsky, Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations

 

• Greetings: Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov,

Head of the Jerusalem Institute

 

• In Memory of Daniel Rossing

Hussam Elias, Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations

 

• The Armenian Community of Jerusalem: Transformations, Problems, and Challenges in the Jewish State

Adv. Kevork Nalbandian, Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem

 

• The Arab-Christian Communities in Northern Israel and Their Relations with the State of Israel

Adv. Essam Abu-Nassar, Nazareth

 

• “Absent Present”: The Teaching of Christianity in the Israeli Education System

Dr. Orit Ramon, Department of History, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies at the Open University

 

• Christians and Christianity in the Jewish State: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective 

Dr. Amnon Ramon, Jerusalem Institute, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, and the Department of Comparative Religion, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

The event will be conducted in Hebrew.

 

Please RSVP your participation

Tel: 02-5630175 (ext. 11,13)

 

(Parking near Jerusalem Theater on Chopin Street)