CENTER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH ISRAEL

which provides visiting groups which are interreligious in their composition or in their areas of interest with a serious, systematic and sensitively balanced educational experience in Israel.

WHAT DOES THE CENTER OFFER?

· Programs ranging from seminars to in-depth seminar-tours (10-12 days) to short (half-day) workshops

· Programs for groups of first-timers and for repeating visitors

· Seminars tailored to the needs and interests of our partnering institutions

Themes of some of the center's programs:

The Holy Land and Jewish-Christian Relations

History, Sacred Text and Archaeology

One City, Two Peoples, Three Religions: Jerusalem Today

Memory: Our Useable Past

Israel: Land and People

Jewish, Christian and Muslim Education

The Modern Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Religious Communities in Israel Today
Zion, City of Two Sisters: Judaism and Christianity

Interreligious Resources for Conflict Resolution

Spirituality and the Holy Land of Israel

The Parting of the Ways

Interreligious Relations in Israel Today

The Year 4K (Since Abraham and Sarah) – in 2,000

History of the Holy Land

The Good Land

These programs have been conducted in partnership with:

The C.C.J. of the U.K., Williams College, Bodoin College, Duke University and others

AN EDUCATIONAL ODYSSEY IN ISRAEL

ICCI’s innovative programs encourage personal discovery through first-hand experience. Site visits, text-study, lectures, meetings with local religious leaders and visits to local organizations (including many ICCI affiliates) serve as stimuli for far-ranging theological, historical and contemporary discussions amongst the participants and enable them to:

· Explore their own Christian, Muslim or Jewish roots and gain a deeper understanding of key religious, cultural, spiritual and educational issues in Israeli and Palestinian society

· Confront serious questions about faith, people and nationality in the context of complex regional problems

· Deepen their own values through encounters with other people and cultures

· Delve into timeless texts in the places where they were composed

· Examine minority-majority relations in a region where Christians are a minority population and Jews a majority.

For further information, contact: Ophir Yarden, Director of Educational Initiatives, ICCI

Tel/fax: +972-2-672-4157, e-mail: education at icci dot org dot il