Cardinal Willebrands has served as president of the Vatican's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. In this book many of his lectures and articles are presented, providing an impressive description of the progress in relations between Catholics and Jews since Vatican II. Cardinal Willebrands includes reflections on the anniversaries of Nostra aetate, Pope John Paul II's stance toward Jews, antisemitism in the church, the Shoah, Israel, and religious pluralism.