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The Vatican and Two Millenia of Denial
The far-reaching effects of the kind of anti-Semitism fostered by the New Testament-attributing to all Jews of all times everywhere the presumed actions of a few first century Jewish leaders-took an interesting turn with the 1965 action of the Second Vatican Council. This church council took place against the background of a long history of Roman Catholic identification of the Jews as an "accursed people" and a "deicide race." It absolved, as far as the Roman Catholic Church was concerned, the
Zalman Kravitz
Israel’s Relationship with God
By Rabbi Yisroel Blumenthal It wasn’t always this easy to be a Jew in a Christian country. In the 21st century, the Church’s age-old desire for the soul of the Jew can only find expression in the realm of the discussion. One of the few weapons that remain in the arsenal of the missionary is the scriptural argument. This same weapon is readily turned against the missionary by the Jew who has studied the scriptures. It was not always this way. There were times when the most intense pressures wer
Zalman Kravitz