Articles
Guilt and the Transformation of Christian-Jewish Relations [1]
Read moreWhat happens when attention is shifted from forgiveness to guilt, from reconciliation to sin? Guilt and forgiveness, sin and redemption are…
The providential mystery of the friendship between Jews and Christians
Read moreArchbishop Pierre d'Ornellas*, Archbishop of Rennes, received the Prix de l'Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France, which was presented to him on…
Fundamentalism: A Jewish Perspective
Read morePRECIS: In this paper, by comparing a contemporary fundamentalist Jewish concept – Da`at Torah (“the Opinion of the Torah”) – with the Roman…
Bach Passions and Jewish-Christian Relations
Read moreCan the Bach Passions do anything for Jewish–Christian relations, not just on the basis of the magnificence of Bach’s music, but taking into…
Why Jews Don't Proselytize
Read moreThe ancestors of the biblical Israelites, like all the other communities of the ancient Near East, were idol worshippers. We know quite a…
Pope Pius XII’s Refusal to Publicly Condemn the Holocaust
Read moreIn 2007, the beatification process of Pope Pius XII was met with protests by Jewish and Catholic leaders alike. The point of contention was…
To speak or not to speak: that was the Question
Read moreThe forthcoming opening of the Vatican Archives on March 2 is an event of worldwide significance to historians and scholars, especially…
Anti-Eschatology: Maimonides on the Messianic Era and the World to Come
Read moreI. PREFACE
Besides various passages in the Tanakh (Hebrew/Jewish Scripture) which deal explicitly or implicitly, or which can be…
New Clothing, Old Hatred: Changes and Transformations of Antisemitism
Read moreLecture given at the 2019 ICCJ International Conference, Lund, Sweden.