A Tribute from NCLCI

Sister Rose Biographical Sketch

IN APPRECIATION OF SISTER ROSE THERING, O.P., Ph.D.,  FROM NCLCI
Sister Rose Thering – a teacher of teachers, a committed friend, loved by many all over the world, a diminutive nun who shook the male-dominated world of the Roman Catholic Church and forced it to pay it attention to what she had to say. Having exposed the Church’s history of false teaching about Jews and Judaism she devoted her life to making sure that the Church never stopped working to correct the errors of its past. To make sure, as much as possible, that the church’s teachings were corrected she devoted herself to teaching teachers how to teach without bearing false witness. As a teacher, Sister Rose was an early advocate of Christian-Jewish dialogue for all people, not just a few church and synagogue leaders. Read more here...

A Tribute from MOSHE AUMANN

THE WOMAN BEHIND ‘NOSTRA AETATE’

NCLCI writings on divestment

NCLCI Repudiates Calls for Divestment.
We, Executive Committee members of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, express our profound disagreement with recent national and international Protestant Church resolutions that call for selected divestment from certain companies doing business in Israel. These statements treat Israel as the major barrier to peace while ignoring the significant risks for peace that Israel is taking in withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. Read more here...

The Church, Israel and Divestment: A CHURCH IN TROUBLE
On July 1, 2004, delegates to the 216^th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA voted 431 to 62 to begin a process of phased, selective divestment from certain companies doing business in Israel that harm innocent Palestinians. In adopting that resolution, the 216^th General Assembly set off a firestorm of criticism from Christians and Jews around the country and in Israel, but nowhere is the criticism as severe as it has been within the Presbyterian Church USA itself. Today the PCUSA is a church in trouble. Read more here...

Divestment -- The Untold Story
This summer the Presbyterian Church (USA) opened a can of worms by voting to look into the possibility of divesting from specific companies that do business with Israel. The intent of the motion was to help the Palestinians and punish Israel. However, study of the divestment campaign against South Africa indicates that just the opposite is likely to happen -- divestment will be a nuisance to Israel, but it will likely completely ruin the Palestinian economy. Read Dave Blewett's new article "Divestment -- The Untold Story."

Presbyterian Concerned for Jewish-Christian Relations
PCJCR is an informal group of members, ministers, and congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA) committed to a positive, constructive and respectful relationship with Jews.  

The Coalition for Responsible Peace in the Middle East
The Coalition is comprised of organizations that seek balance and fairness in Middle East.  

The Committee to End Divestment Now
The Committee to End Divestment Now is a group of Presbyterians reflecting a broad spectrum of viewpoints but united in the belief that a mistake made in 2004 by the 216th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) needs to be corrected.  

Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East
Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East advocates among mainline Protestants and Roman Catholics in North America for fairness in the churches’ witness on issues related to the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors.