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The SIDIC-ROMA Center

Via del Plebiscito 112, Int 9
00186 Rome - Italy
Tel +39 06.679.5307
FAX +39 06.678.6280

ORIGIN:

Service International de Documentation Judéo-Chrétienne (International Jewish-Christian Documentation Service) is a Center for study and documentation founded in Rome in 1965 at the request of a group of experts of the Second Vatican Council, following its promulgation of Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions.

AIMS:

To promote understanding and respect between Jews and Christians;

To make known the heritage which Christianity and Western culture have received from the Jewish people;

To encourage the study of Jewish tradition and emphasize its importance for Christianity and for all humanity.

MEANS:

The organization of courses, lectures and national and international conferences on religious and cultural topics of Jewish-Christian interest;

A specialized library and a documentation service;

Collaboration with other Jewish-Christian bodies and with persons who have the same aim;

The publication of the SIDIC periodical in English and in French three times per year, with articles by Jewish and Christian authors. The Review cannot be sold but is sent to those who contribute to the activities of the SIDIC Center.

E-mail: sidic.roma@flashnet.it