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“Building mutual respect, understanding, and appreciation among Jews, Catholics, and all people of good will by providing opportunities for interfaith education and dialogue.”

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Dear CCJS Friends,

At the beginning of September, Jewish communities around the globe will observe the High Holy Days. This especially sacred time in the Jewish calendar emphasizes the need to strengthen our spiritual and personal integrity. The music, liturgy and blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) seek to engender candid introspection about ultimate values and responsibilities. The High Holy Days constitute a wake-up call to reclaim the spiritual and personal integrity we have seen abraded in an ever ethically compromised world.

In bringing together members of the Jewish and Catholic community to educate others, forge friendships and undertake a range of programs of mutual concern, CCJS enables the gathering and directing of a range of resources in the important service of interfaith understanding, leadership and action. I am proud to be a member of the CCJS board and hope I can make worthy contributions to it.

Rabbi Jonathan R. Katz
CCJS Board of Directors
 

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