The 2026 ICCJ conference in Hannover is about to begin

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ICCJ 2026 Conference in Hanover / Germany
As part of the opening event of the ICCJ international conference in Hanover on Sunday, July 12, Rabbi Dr David Meyer will be awarded the 2026 SEELISBERG PRIZE.

When relationships are strained, rebuilding them can be challenging. Over the last few generations, through dialogue, many Jews, Christians, and Muslims have overcome difficult histories, though there have been crises and controversies along the way.

Each tradition has its own vocabulary and unique approaches to the concepts of repentance, repair and reconciliation; all, however, are based on affirming the dignity of every human being.

How do we prioritize the inclusive and universal aspects of our traditions over any tribalism or bias against others? One aspect of the conference will focus on these teachings.

A second dimension of the conference will be more practically oriented. Interreligious dialogue both benefited from and contributed to the deepening appreciation of the significance of repentance and repair in our shared societies. Repentance and repair have found expression in societal and political endeavors beyond the interreligious arena. For example, in Germany, the handling of the past has shaped several generations. In the United States and Australia dealing with the treatment of indigenous peoples and the descendants of the enslaved has been controversial. Other examples may emerge from our member organizations. But the continuing conflict between Israel and its neighbors will be on all our minds: are there ways, given our different contexts, that we can promote repentance and repair in this region so central to our religious and individual self-understanding as Jews, Christians and Muslims?

How can we promote repentance and repair in a time of conflict and war in our own communities and globally?

Rabbi prof. Dr. David Meyer received the Seelisberg Prize 2026 on July 12 at the ICCJ conference in Hanover !!!

ICCJ board members and staff congratulate him and thank him for this outstanding contributions toward Jewish Christian relations !

The award, given annually since 2022 by the ICCJ and the University of Salzburg's Center for Intercultural Theology, honors the 1947 Seelisberg gathering that helped launch modern Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Born in Paris in 1967, Meyer trained as a rabbi at LBC in London and earned a PhD in Religious Studies from KU Leuven. Since 2010, he has taught at the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, working on Jewish-Christian dialogue, rabbinic literature, and theological translation, with scholarship on scriptural interpretation, midrash, and Talmudic ethics.

The ICCJ conference is organised IN COLLABORATION WITH Deutscher Koordinierungsrat der Gesellschaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit (DKR)