Members of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders and the Elijah Academy have addressed a selection of controversial issues of global concern and with significance across faiths. Click on any category below in order to see corresponding statements.
Statement on 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide (May, 2015)
Response to Vandalism of Christian Sites (May, 2013)
Friendship Across Religions (March, 2012)
Statement on the Proposal to Criminalise Circumcision in Europe (February, 2012)
Affirming the Image of God: Response to the ruling against renting to Non-Jews (December, 2010)
The Halakhic Critique of the Ruling by Rabbi Michael Abraham (December, 2010)
Amritsar Statement (November, 2007)
The Pope Controversy (October, 2006)
The Da Vinci Code-Truth and Method, Rights and Responsibilities in Art and Society (September, 2004)
Statement on the value of human life and dignity, hospitality to the “other.” (December, 2003)
Letter to Patriarch Kirill addressing the situation in Ukraine (English) (March 2022)
Letter to Patriarch Kirill addressing the situation in Ukraine (Russian) (March 2022)
Response to Vandalism of Christian Sites (May, 2013)
Response to Vandalism at Latrun Trappist Monastery (September, 2012)
Combating Hatred and Intolerance with Wisdom (2011)
Affirming the Image of God: Response to the ruling against renting to Non-Jews (December, 2010)
The Halakhic Critique of the Ruling by Rabbi Michael Abraham (December, 2010)
Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Endorses Anti Terrorism Statement
Issuing a Call: Fair Distribution of Covid 19 Vaccine (December, 2020)
Statement on the Refugee Crisis (September, 2015)
Reaction to the Current Economic Crisis (October, 2008)
GIWA Concept Statement (October, 2013)
Toward Rio – Statement on Ecology (June, 2012)
In November, 2013, at a ceremony in Jordan, Elijah became a signatory to the Covenant on the Jordan River. Covenant on the Jordan River (2013)
– We believe that the great religions of the world can be powerful forces for peace.
– We believe that the world’s great religions are the receptacles of deep and ancient wisdom that can benefit today’s humanity.
– We believe that sharing the wisdom of the world’s religions can be a way to foster mutual respect and friendship between people of different faiths.
– We believe that we are all enriched by sharing the wisdom of the great religious traditions – that learning about the religious Other helps us better understand our own faith.
– We believe that the greatest role-models of each religious tradition, the ‘religious geniuses’, can inspire and transform all people of all faiths and have important messages for all of us.
– We believe in the power of prayer and that people of different faiths praying side-by-side is a way of changing the world. It is more than a symbol; it is a joining of spiritual forces.
– We believe that Jerusalem (Al-Quds) is a sacred city with the potential to become a haven of peace and a symbol of peace. We believe that the words of the prophets will be fulfilled, with Jerusalem becoming a “house of prayer” for all of humanity.
Leaders’ Prayer (2009)
