Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Munich
The Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Munich is the oldest society of its kind in Germany. She is a member of the German Coordination Council of the Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation and, through this, of the International Council of Christians and Jews .
history
The Society was founded on July 9, 1948 at the suggestion of the United States Military Government and the International Council of Christians and Jews . An already existing committee to combat anti-Semitism in Munich, to which, among other things, the City School Councilor Anton Fingerle belonged, was merged into the newly founded society. The chairmen of the first board were the Catholic Lord Mayor Karl Scharnagl , the Protestant journalist Hans Gensert and the Jewish doctor Julius Spanier .
Karl Scharnagl resigned as chairman in August 1949 after he had come under fire for statements about an "increasing anti-Semitic mood" in Bavaria . Anton Fingerle took over his function.
In September 1949, the Munich Society was one of the founders of the new umbrella organization of the German Coordination Council of Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation .
In 1951, the Brotherhood Week event was held for the first time, based on the American Brotherhood Weeks . From 1952 it was taken over by Everett R. Clinchy with the participation of Hermann Ebeling , the liaison to the American National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), also by the other German societies.
A partner company was founded in Augsburg in 1951 and one in Regensburg in 1952 . Both are organizationally connected to Munich society. The company in Augsburg became an independent association in 1989.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Society, together with other organizations, campaigned for the text passages in the Oberammergau Passion Play to be changed, which were perceived as anti-Semitic .
job
The company conducts public lectures, readings, discussions and seminars. The Week of Fraternity opens in March every year in Munich City Hall . The work of the members is organized in various thematic committees.
organization
The company is recognized as a non-profit association . It is organizationally linked to the societies for Christian-Jewish cooperation in Augsburg and Regensburg . Currently (as of June 2013) the society has around 600 members. The chairmen are Abi Pitum (Jewish), Reiner Schübel (Protestant) and Andreas Renz (Catholic).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Munich City Archives - Sources on the history of society. In: muenchen.de. Retrieved June 21, 2013 .
- ↑ On the NCCJ see the article in the English-language WIKIPEDIA: en: National Conference for Community and Justice
- ↑ About us. (No longer available online.) In: gcjz-augsburg.de. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013 ; Retrieved June 21, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ About us. In: gcjz-m.de. Retrieved June 18, 2013 .
