15th October, "The new frontiers of Jewish-Christian dialogue" at MEIS

Monday, October 15, at 17.30, the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah – MEIS welcomes the thirty-second edition of “Spirit of Assisi”, born in 1986 thanks to the Community of Sant’Egidio.

As part of the “Ponti di Pace” international event, the meeting “The new frontiers of Jewish-Christian dialogue” is held at MEISHOP (Via Piangipane 81, in Ferrara).

After a greeting speech by Simonetta Della Seta, MEIS Director, and by rav Luciano Meir Caro, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Ferrara, rabbi Avichai Apel (Germany) and rav Daniel Sperber (Bar Ilan University, Israel), the Lutheran Bishop Jürgen Johannesdotter (Germany), the Catholic Bishop Michel Santier (France) and Oded Wiener, former General Director of the Great Rabbinate of Israel. Chairperson will be Piero Stefani, President of the SAE – Ecumenical Activities Secretariat.

Free entry. For further information, please click here.

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