CJCUC RESPONSE TO “BETWEEN JERUSALEM & ROME” CJCUC September 5, 2017No comments

The Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Jerusalem (CJCUC) applauds the recent statement “Between Jerusalem and Rome” of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, the Rabbinical Council of America and the Conference of European Rabbis. The statement confirms the growing awareness among Jews—and particularly religious Jews—throughout the world that the Catholic Church has transformed its teachings about Jews…

Theology’s “Sacred Obligation”: A Reply to Cardinal Dulles

Mary C. Boys, Philip A. Cunningham, and John T. Pawlikowski America, Oct. 14, 2002. Posted with permission. As members of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations, we helped write a statement released earlier this month, “A Sacred Obligation: Rethinking Christian Faith in Relation to Judaism and the Jewish People.” At the heart of this…

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…

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…

Two ways of salvation for the people of G-d

  Preface In an article by journalist Jean Duhaime, reporting on the symposium held at the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Nostra Aetate Declaration, in 2005, he recounts that: At the beginning of his speech, Cardinal Kasper read out a letter from Pope Benedict XVI. (On the 40th anniversary of…

The New Covenant  

BS”D   Introduction The New Covenant is one of the subjects on which Jews and Christians are divided. According to the Christian interpretation, the founding moment of the New Covenant is the Jewish Passover meal (known as the Last Supper), the moment when Jesus shares out the bread and wine and teaches the apostles that…