Bruno Hussar

Bruno Hussar ( born May 5, 1911 in Cairo, Egypt; † February 8, 1996 in Jerusalem) was a Catholic priest and founder of Neve Shalom / Wahat al -Salam in Israel.

Life and work

Bruno Hussar was born to Jewish parents who had French citizenship, in Cairo. In France, Bruno Hussar first completed an engineering study. During his studies in France in 1935, he converted from Judaism to Catholicism and was concerned with theology. He made ​​contact with the Order of Preachers of the Dominicans. He joined this Order, 1950 was consecrated themselves and Dominican priest. During the Second Vatican Council Bruno Hussar worked at the invitation of Cardinal Augustin Bea as an expert of the Secretariat for Christian Unity in the formulation of the Council's Declaration Nostra Aetate with.

In 1953 he first came to Haifa, Israel. From 1960, he served as Catholic chaplain, the Hebrew- speaking Catholic community in Jerusalem. The coincidence of different religions in Israel was with him in the following years the desire for a rapprochement and a deeper understanding of the diversity of the world's great religions arise. Finally, he leased a piece of land on a hill that was no man's land until 1967 and belonged to the Latrun Trappist abbey. There, founded Bruno Hussar, who in 1966 was itself become an Israeli citizen, in 1970 with a few volunteers, the settlement of Neve Shalom / Wahat al -Salam. The settlement should be a village of peace after the presentation Bruno Hussars, should live together with each other in spite of different religions where Christians, Jews and Muslims, in respect and mutual respect.

Publications

• Bruno Hussar: A way of reconciliation. Jews, Christians and Muslims in Israel. Translated from the French by Manuel Schiffler and Paul Engelhardt. Topos paperbacks, Matthias - Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1988. ISBN 3-7867-1380-4.