Friends of André Chouraqui
About the Association
The Association of Friends of André Chouraqui was established to preserve and make accessible the legacy of Nathan André Chouraqui. The Association promotes interfaith dialogue, preserves his writings and works, and organizes cultural and academic events.
Goals
André Chouraqui leaves us an exemplary body of work and message for the new century. His family and friends consider it their duty to disseminate and update his thought, his work, and his message of peace and reconciliation between peoples, cultures, and religions.
We invite you to join us, to support our association, to encourage its projects and to participate in its activities.
Our goal is to promote awareness and dissemination of the work and message of A. Chouraqui through:
- Reissues, publications of previously unpublished works, and translations of his works (particularly into Hebrew)
- Organizing conferences and writing academic papers
- The production of films and documentaries
- The creation and development of a liaison body: the website
- The establishment and use of an archival collection
Milestones
- 2008
Following André Chouraqui's passing in 2007, the association is officially registered in Jerusalem as a cultural non-profit. That year, an evening on “André Chouraqui, the Bible and Africa” is held at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem.
- 2017
An international colloquium marks the centenary of his birth at the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem (October 2017). The lectures are available on Akadem.
- 2021
André Chouraqui Square is inaugurated in Jerusalem (June 2021).
- 2024
The association renews its activity and partners with the Open University of Israel: on September 30, 2024, the Chouraqui Program for Tolerance and Interreligious Dialogue is launched within the Center for the Study of Relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Board Members
Annette Chouraqui
Founder
Pr. Francine Kaufmann
Board Member
Sandra Furtos
Board Member
Claude Amselem
Board Member
David Chouraqui
Board Member
Pr. Cyril Aslanov
Professor of Linguistics, Aix-Marseille University, France
Pr. Murray K. Watson
Huron University College, Faculty of Theology, Canada
Collaborators
Matias Davidson
Collaborator
Sponsorship Committee
- André AzoulayAdviser to His Majesty the King of Morocco
- Moshe Bar AsherPresident of the Academy of the Hebrew Language
- Slimane BenaïssaWriter and playwright
- Dalil BoubakeurRector of the Muslim Institute of the Paris Mosque
- André BrincourtWriter, Member of the Renaudot Academy
- Jean-Michel CasaAmbassador of France
- Yves ChevalierUniversity Professor
- Jérôme ClémentPresident of Arte, writer
- Mgr Jean-Michel di Falco LeandriBishop of Gap and Embrun
- Doudou DièneUN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance
- Père Maurice GilbertProfessor Emeritus and Former Director of the Pontifical Biblical Institutes of Rome and Jerusalem
- Roland GoetschelProfessor Emeritus
- Benjamin GrossDean of Bar-Ilan University
- David GrossmanIsraeli writer
- Jean GuéguinouAmbassador of France
- Abdelwahab Hiba HechicheUniversity of Tampa, Florida
- Francis HuréAmbassador of France
- Yehuda LancryAmbassador of Israel, writer
- Jean LeclantPerpetual Secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, Egyptologist
- Edmond Arthur LisleEmeritus Research Director, CNRS. President of the "Fraternity of Abraham"
- Tobie NathanProfessor of Psychology, University of Paris VIII, writer, diplomat
- Basarab NicolescuTheoretical physicist at CNRS, President of the International Center for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies (CIRET)
- Sheikh Abdul Hadi PalazziDirector of the Italian Cultural Institute of the Muslim Community, Muslim co-founder and co-president of Islam-Israel Friendship
- Alain PierretAmbassador of France
- Cardinal Paul PoupardPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
- Daniel ShekAmbassador of Israel in France
- Yoël SherAmbassador of Israel
- Archimandrite Emile ShoufaniDirector of the Saint-Joseph Seminary of Nazareth
- Daniel SibonyWriter, Psychoanalyst, Philosopher
- René-Samuel SiratFormer Chief Rabbi of France
- Ady StegProfessor of Medicine, President of the Alliance Israélite Universelle
- Shmuel TriganoWriter, University Professor, Founding Director of the College of Jewish Studies of the A.I.U.
- Claude VigéeWriter and poet
- Elie WieselWriter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- A. B. YehoshuaWriter
Contact
Jerusalem, Israel
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