Interfaith Seder at St Barnabas Church, Derby

by Rev'd Canon Alan Griggs, CCJ Derbyshire

On Monday 30 March, St Barnabas Church in Derby hosted an interfaith Seder learning evening with friends from the Derbyshire Jewish Community, supported by the Council of Christians and Jews. Read more

Pope Leo will do more to build bridges with Jews

Article by CCJ Vice-President Zaki Cooper, published on The Times on 1 November.
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Campus Leadership Programme 2025/26 - It's just the beginning...

by Beth Williams - CLP Manager

CCJ coordinates Christian leaders' visit to Nottingham Synagogue

Kiddush to Conversation: A meaningful multifaith shabbat lunch in Nottingham

by Nadav Sweiry - Campus Leadership Programme 204/25

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, our campus leaders and interfaith community were warmly welcomed into the home of Nottingham’s Jewish chaplains, Uriya and Shima Dvir. This Shabbat, however, the regular group of over thirty Jewish students was joined by ten Christian guests for a traditional three-course Shabbat lunch. Read more

The Power of invitation: Reflections on our Big Lunch

Reflections on a Year with the CCJ Campus Leadership Programme

by Tom Miller - URC ministerial student on placement with CCJ Campus Leadership Programme

Since September, I’ve had the privile Read more

Shavuot

by Rabbi Oliver Joseph

Shavuot is a favourite festival of mine. Perhaps the least well known, Shavuot is the Jewish harvest festival celebrating the collection of the wheat harvest in the ancient Land of Israel. In the Hebrew calendar, Shavuot features as one of three festivals where the Jewish farmers bought offerings to the ancient Temple in Jerusalem: 

REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST AT ST MARY AT FINCHLEY

Reflection by Nigel Wildish, reader at St Mary at Finchley, on Holocaust Memorial Day 2025