Rebecca Alpert Jim Biechler Marcus Braybrooke Ellen T. Charry Leobard D'Souza David Efroymson Gabriele Feyler Stefan Feyler Eugene Fisher Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer Krystina Gorniak-Kocikowska Yitz Greenberg Wan-Li Ho Sanaullah Kirmani Reinhard Kirste Hans Küng Lihua Liu Jack Malinowski Patricia Martinez Sergio Mazza Alan Mittleman Ronald Modras Paul Mojzes Malcolm Nazareth Angelika Quade Ida Raming Virginia Kaib Ratigan John Sahadat Simone Schaupp Ingrid Shafer Shu-hsien Liu Thomas Thompson Catherine Berry Stidsen

Marcus Braybrooke It was in Korea in 1991 that I first met Leonard Swidler, although I knew of him through his writings. We had both been asked by the Won Buddhists to a conference to see how the international interfaith organisations could facilitate dialogue between people in North and South Korea. At the time any contact was punishable by imprisonment. I was at once aware of Leonard's warm friendliness and his immediate recognition of the key issues in any discussion. Soon afterwards when I was visiting friends at the Temple of Understanding in New York, Leonard invited me to visit him at Temple University. A friend drove me, but we were much delayed and I was worried at being so late. Leonard at once made us welcome and re-arranged his afternoon without any apparent fuss. I have particularly valued Leonard's great contribution to improving Christian-Jewish relations and I often refer students to his contribution to Bursting the Bonds. I admire his world-wide work for ecumenical and interfaith friendship and I appreciate the support he has given through The Journal of Ecumenical Studies to our efforts at the International Interfaith Centre in Oxford to encourage co-operation between international interfaith organisations. It has been an honour to serve as an Associate Editor of this remarkable journal. Leonard has also been one of the great advocates of a Global Ethic and he continues to challenge us all to work for its implementation. I am happy to send Leonard and Arlene my best wishes for their 75th birthdays. Marcus Braybrooke (Rev) President of the World Congress of Faiths, Co-Founder of the Three Faiths Forum, Peace Councillor and Patron of the International Interfaith Centre. Author of over thirty books including Pilgrimage of Hope: One Hundred Years of Global Interfaith Dialogue and Christian-Jewish Dialogue: The Next Steps.

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