Jewish/Catholic Issues and Challenges

Prayers

Prayer for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Oh Lord, you have given us Ruth Bader Ginsburgwho sits on the highest court in the landcarefully considering and weighing the cases before her,searching for the central issues of justice in each.She is important to the maintenance of peace and justicein our troubled nation. She is ill, seriously, yet determined to keep onserving her country and, by proclaiming justice and equitythroughout our land,serving you, Oh Lordwho through the Hebrew prophets and through the teachingsof the Jew, Jesus, has called all of us to serveall of our fellow citizensin truth and justice, as she does so well.We pray fervently, Oh Lord,that she gain and remain in good healthto continue her service to Youand to all of us Americans.Amenby Dr. Eugene Fisher Profiles in Catholicism

 Interviews

• Lisa Palmieri-Billig

• Dr. Eugene Fisher

• Rabbi Dr. Ronald Kronish

• A remembrance in silence: Pope Francis and Catholic responses to the Shoah by Lazar Berman The Times of Israel  (An interview with John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D)

• Father John Pawlikowski, OSM

Book Reviews, Commentaries, and Announcements

• Una luce nella notte di Roma (“A Light in the Night of Rome”) by Father Jesús Sánchez AdalidAnnouncement by Crux

• The Nazis, the Vatican, and the Jews of Rome by Patrick Gallo Reviewed by Catholic Social Science

• Christian Zionism Examined by Steven Paas Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

• Abraham Joshua Heschel Today: Voices from Warsaw and Jerusalem by Harold Kasimow Reviewed by Dr. Eugene Fisher Profiles in Catholicism 

• Confronting Hate: The Untold Story of the Rabbi Who Stood Up for Human Rights, Racial Justice by Deborah Hart Strober, Gerald S. Strober Reviewed by Dr. Eugene Fisher Profiles in Catholicism 

Film Reviews

• Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story Reviewed by John Lavenburg Crux

• Heschel Reviewed by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service

Articles and Commentaries

• Notre Dame launches Jewish philosophy initiative by CathNews

• Pope Leo XIV Honors Secret Cardinal Who Risked All to Save Jews During the Holocaust by Father Raymond J. de Souza National Catholic Register

• Rabbi ‘optimistic’ about relations with Catholic Church under Pope Leo by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• A rabbi’s appreciation of Pope Francis: ‘A man of peace’

  by Ron Kronish America

• American Jewish Committee Donates $25,000 to Repair Holy Family Church in Gaza by Madalaine Elhabbal Catholic  News Agency/National Catholic Register

• Bishop Gregory Parkes Writes an Open Letter to the Jewish Community by Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg

• Rabbi ‘optimistic’ about relations with Catholic Church by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• World Jewish Congress official: 'We'll miss Pope's wisdom and friendship' by Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican News

• Conference Report: New Documents from the Pontificate of Pope Pius XII and their Meaning for Jewish-Christian Relations: by the Editors Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 29, Number 3/4

• Cardinal’s shout-out to a rapper illustrates Pope’s growing Jewish problem by John L. Allen Jr Crux

• Remarks of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago by Archdiocese of Chicago

• Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to a Delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis by Vatican News

• In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican by Gabe Friedman Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Bishop offers prayers for Jewish community after death sentence for synagogue shooter by Crux

• Teenage girl attacked by group of men in Belfast by The Irish Post

• How to help a child struggling with gender identity by Samantha Stephenson Our Sunday Visitor

• New Vatican doctrinal head values dialogue with Jewsb y Abraham Skorka National Catholic Reporter

• Jews: Truly the Elder Brothers of Catholics by Fr. James Mawdsley OnePeter5

• Joint Statement of the Bilateral Commission of the Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews,

• Pope: Rabbi Skorka shows that 'faith and human rights are not in conflict' by Tiziana Campisi Vatican News

• Miami archdiocese apologizes after brawl between Catholic, Jewish schools by John Lavenburg Crux

• Imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop appears in video posted by dictatorship by CathNews

• Why the Catholic Church does not seek to ‘convert’ Jews by Catholic Weekly

• New document highlights Catholics, Jews ‘walking together’ by CathNews

• Jews win religion popularity contest in new poll by Adam Kovac The Jewish Chronicle’

• Jewish Parents Take Legal Action Against California Department of Education For Equal Access to Special Education by Christianity Today

• On the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy: A Jewish Perspective by Rabbi Abraham Skorka Vatican News

• Dialogue is the Word by Nick Van Der Linden Senior Living

• Association of African Ancestry–Specific APOE Missense Variant R145C With Risk of Alzheimer Disease by Yann Le Guen, PhD, Ana-Caroline Raulin, PhD, Mark W. Logue, PhD,et al JAMA February 21, 2023

• Secretariat of State publishes full "Jews" series of historical archive online by Vatican News

• On Stein milestone, cardinal recalls his own family’s Jewish roots, Holocaust horrors by Inés San Martín Crux

• Pope supports Jewish-Catholic project for social justice by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/Detroit Catholic

• Rabbi invested as papal knight in Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great by Catholic News Service/The Pilot

• Confessions of a post-Vatican II Reform rabbi by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service

• The Jews and the Pope by Fredeic Brandfon and Riccardo Shemule Di Segni Tablet

• Jewish politician's sign vandalized with swastika in New York City by Michel Starr The Jerusalem Post

• Pope makes accessible documents from Pius XII's pontificate on 'Jews' by Vatican News

• A Jewish Blessing That's Great for Catholics by Teresa Coda Busted Halo

• The Catholic Church’s moral reckoning on Jews and the Holocaust by Ken Jacobson Religion News Service

• Caravan of migrants halted on Guatemala border. The latest caravan of migrants originating in Honduras, is facing a markedly different response from the authorities of neighboring Guatemala and Mexico by James Blears Vatican News

• Poland’s Catholics and Jews mark Day of Judaism with psalms, music, and silent prayer by CNA

• Vatican vowed solidarity with Jews 25 years before Holocaust by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Cardinal Parolin: Interreligious dialogue essential to combat anti-semitism by Independent Catholic News

• Lost In Translation: How Christians Frequently Misunderstand Judaism by Guest Contributor  Patheos

• Fleischner, Jewish-Catholic scholar, leaves behind a 'memory of goodness' by Mary C. Boys

• 60 years ago, a Pope met a Jewish icon and the world changed by John L. Allen Jr Crux

• How the infamous Oberammergau Passion Play is evolving by Noam E. Marans Religion News Service 

• The Judeo-Christian tradition versus Donald Trump by Mark Silk Religion News Service 

• Everything you’ve wanted to know about Judaism—but were too afraid to askby Jesuitical America 

• Catholic and Jewish schools in joint charity day by Independent Catholic News

• Pope Francis denounces increasing violence against Jewish people by Junno Arocho Esteves  Catholic News Service/America 

• Lost In Translation: How Christians Frequently Misunderstand Judaism   by Guest Contributor Patheos 

• Commitment to peace the answer to language of hate  by Christopher White /crux

• A gay rabbi-in-residence at a Catholic university? by Deacon Greg Kendra  Patheos/The Jewish News

• How Much Is a Jewish Life Worth? by Adam Kirsch  Tablet

• Loving and Losing an Addict by Edith Taichman Tablet

• When Granny Beat Back the Klan, Armed With an American Flag and a Frying Pan by Marc Grossberg Tablet

• The Catholic Church has finally gotten serious about handling sexual abuse. Here’s what Jewish institutions could learn from the process. by Bethany Mandel Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Tagle marks Israel-Vatican ties with synagogue visit by Joe Torres UCANews.com

• Catholic-Jewish Dialogue: A Mandate to Carry Sacred Work Forward by Zenit Staff  Zenit

• Francis affirms Catholic-Jewish dialogue by Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• A Specter Haunting Europe. The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism by Paul HanebrinkReviewed by James J. Sheehan Commonweal

• Pope Encourages Joint Community Service By Rabbis, Parish Priests by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/The Tablet

• While Bishops Meet in Rome, Catholic Colleges Celebrate Sexual Abuse. by Patrick Reilly National Catholic Register

• A Lesson We Can Learn From Reuchlin’s Defense of the Jews by Henry  Karls Patheos

• The worrying return of anti-Semitism .Statistics do not accurately reflect the reality of day-to-day anti-Semitism   by Bernard Gorce La Croix International

• Catholics must continue seeking pardon for anti-Judaism, pope says  by Cindy Wooden CNS/The Pilot

• Church welcomes prison sentencing reforms  by Independent Catholic News

• What my friendship with Pope Francis taught me about interfaith dialogue  by Rabbi Abraham Skorka America

• Concentrate on admirable aspects of Catholic Church: Jewish relations, social justice  by A. James Rudin National Catholic Reporter

• NCR Connections: New series explores how Jews appreciate Catholic tradition  by Tom Roberts National Catholic Reporter

• Father John Pawlikowski on the Role of the Catholic Church and the Holocaust Remembrance by The Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies

•  A Catholic Facebook group posted an anti-Semitic meme. What can we learn from this? by Angelo Jesus Canta America 

 Book Reviews and Commentaries 

• The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue, a View from Jerusalem  by Ronald Kronish   Reviewed by Dr. Eugene J. Fisher  

• Life in Dialogue: Building Bridges between Catholics and Jews by Dr. Eugene Fisher Reviewed by  Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish

Videos 

Father John Pawlikowski Reflects: Nostra Aetate and Arthur Szyk

by The Arthur Szyk Society

Hate and Its Impact: Sowing the Seeds of Global Antisemitism

by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Dramatic spike in anti-Semitic incidents in US

by CNN

Why Do People Hate Jews?

by Mr. Beat 

"All My Mothers" -The Story of Yehudith Kleinman

by Yad Vashem

Antisemitism is on the rise in Britain

by Channel 4 News

The Auschwitz Album- Visual Evidence of the Process Leading to the Mass Murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau

by Yad Vashem