He fidgeted, waved his arm to get the chairman's attention, and, when that didn't work, he jumped up and moved to a second-row seat. That worked, and the man, Joseph Korzenik, identified himself as a survivor of Nazi concentration camps. The achievement of this pope was monumental. The challenge to the church now, he said, is to counter the anti-Semitism that still exists. I get letters from students who say they still believe Jews killed Christ.
Academic people realize the stakes are high.
The Vatican document is the third in a series made pubic since 1965 being incorporated into church teachings and helping to reverse more than 1,900 years of Christian hostility toward Jews. The forum at Trinity included two Catholic and two Jewish scholars and was convened by the college's Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, headed by Mark Silk, a scholar and journalist. Ehrenkranz's goal is to expand the progress made in the betterment of Christian-Jewish relations on a wider global scale. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved. Site users are subject to our User Agreement .