Observation ·
Welter and Waste in the Hebrew Bible
By Jacob WisseThe Great Masters saw eternal stillness in Christian Scripture, and dynamism and change in Jewish Scripture.
Jewish-Christian relations
Latest Mosaic Content for Jewish-Christian relations
Observation ·
The Christian-Jewish Alliance and Its Enemies
By Rabbi Meir SoloveichikFor Hashem, for country, and for Yale.
Response ·
The Quest for Wisdom, Truth, and Virtue at the University of Dallas
By Jonathan J. SanfordA university is more than a set of departments, and an education is more than a set of facts. Wisdom is inextricable from the knowledge and exercise of moral virtues, and a true education must help shape both.
Observation ·
Where Did the Idea of Three “Abrahamic Faiths” Come From?
By PhilologosThe incompatible narratives of Judaism and Islam, and what the Bible has to say about them.
Observation ·
The Jewish Roots of the Christian Phrase “Turn the Other Cheek”
By PhilologosThe contrast between New Testament forbearance and Hebraic hard-heartedness is an idea that won't die.
Response ·
“Today the Jews. Tomorrow You.”
By Andrew DoranIn a world teeming with violent anti-Semitism, Catholics ought to draw inspiration from the Jewish people and stand together.
Observation ·
Mosaic’s Year in Review: Jews, Christians, and the United States
By The EditorsThe best of what we published in 2020 on the ever-changing relationship between Jews and Christians, and in particular American Jews and American Christians.
Response ·
Why Christians Are Now Redefining Their Relationship with Judaism
By Wilfred M. McClayPartly because they believe that the original party to God's covenant may help them keep the faith in a rapidly secularizing world.
Response ·
The Complicated Relationship between Mormons and Jews
By Matthew BowmanLatter-day Saints patterned themselves after biblical Israel, and used its traumas to explain their own.
Response ·
Does the New Testament Support Christian Zionism?
By Jon D. LevensonThere are formidable new interpretive resources to make that case.
Monthly Essay ·
What Christians See in Jews and Israel in 2020 of the Common Era
By Wilfred M. McClayChristians are today closer to the Jewish people than they've been in thousands of years. What are the sources of this momentous rapprochement, and how likely is it to hold?
Observation ·
A Tale of Two Soloveitchiks
By Jon D. LevensonOne Soloveitchik warned about the dangers of Jewish-Christian dialogue. Another, his forebear, tried to intensify such dialogue, or so a third member of the family now argues. Is he right?
Observation ·
Where MLK Really Stood on Israel and the Palestinians
By Martin KramerOn Martin Luther King Day, the ghost of the great civil-rights leader was summoned to condemn Israel. The problem? While alive, King had plenty of opportunities to do so—and never did.
Monthly Essay ·
The Church’s Once-Notorious Seizure of a Jewish Child Is Back. Why?
By Nathan ShieldsIn play again are bitterly contested questions about the Catholic Church, about religion and politics, and—inevitably—about Christianity's relation to Judaism and the Jews.
Response ·
Who Can Save Europe’s Jews? Only Its Christians.
By George WeigelTo fight anti-Semitism, Europe needs to rebuild its cultural foundations. That project starts with the Church.
