Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity

  December 3, 2015 To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the United States and Europe recognize the historic opportunity now before us. We seek to…

Is Christian-Jewish Theological Dialogue Permitted? (part 1)

August 30, 2012 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN My revered teacher and mentor, Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik, published an essay entitled “Confrontation,” dealing with the subject of Jewish-Christian dialogue; it appeared in the Spring 1964 edition of Tradition, the official journal of the (Orthodox) Rabbinical Council of America.  What follows is an analysis of and commentary…

Is Christian-Jewish Theological Dialogue Permitted? (part 2)

Confrontation Desired What emerges most decisively from Rav Soloveitchik’s “Confrontation” is how the Rav always emphasizes the importance of confrontation – dialogue – with the other faith community: We insist upon the indispensability of the double confrontation….As a charismatic faith community, we have to meet the challenge of confronting the general, non-Jewish faith community.  We…

AN ADDRESS TO THE CHURCHES SEELISBERG (Switzerland), 1947

The following statement, produced by Christian participants at an “Emergency Conference on Anti-Semitism,” held in Seelisberg, Switzerland from July 30 – August 5, 1947. This conference also led to the formation of the International Council of Christians and Jews. Its statement was one of the first statements following World War II in which Christians, with…

We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah

  Letter from the Pope To My Venerable Brother Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy On numerous occasions during my Pontificate I have recalled with a sense of deep sorrow the sufferings of the Jewish people during the Second World War. The crime which has become known as the Shoah remains an indelible stain on the history…

Jews and Judaism in the new Catechism of the Catholic Church

CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF GERMAN CATHOLICS | 30.01.1996 Extracts from a statement by the Central Committee of German Catholics, published January 29, 1996 “A vocal interruption” (Ein Zwischenruf) “The new ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’ (CCC) may distinguish itself from its predecessors in content and form, in intention and by the people it addresses. But it too…

THE RESTORATION OF JERUSALEM

  “For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it as a home. Here shall I rest for evermore, here shall I make my home as I have wished.” (Psalm 132:13-14) This section seeks to elucidate the status of the earthly Jerusalem in the plan of divine redemption, according to the Holy Scriptures. For…