Jacob and Esau Embrace: An Orthodox Rabbinic Declaration on Christianity

One of the profoundest achievements of the Second Vatican Council was the positive shift in Catholic relations with Judaism, and, in the decades following, the flourishing of those relationships with a steady flow of documents, encounters and exchanges.[1] In October 1960, Saint John XXIII anticipated this epochal reconciliation with his greeting to an American Jewish … Continue reading Jacob and Esau Embrace: An Orthodox Rabbinic Declaration on Christianity