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There is much talk online currently regarding the rather fraught Christian-Jewish relationship and of course especially the Catholic-Jewish relationship, following recent developments and the Pope’s visit to the Synagogue of Rome.

Here is a small selection of recent Internet links to give you the flavour and depth of the problem:-

JTA – Spitting on Christians in Jerusalem raises eyebrows

eChurch – Jews move to halt spitting at Christians in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Post – A time to act for Catholic-Jewish reconciliation

Church Mouse – Pope can only end the debate on Pius XII with actions, not words

eChurch – Roman Jews, Benedict XVI and the shadow of Pius XII

Haaretz – Israel and Vatican deadlocked in talks over Holy Land sites

Haaretz – Rabbi calls Israel’s treatment of Vatican ‘outrageous’

eChurch – Palestinian Christian groups are boycotting celebrations of Orthodox Christmas in Bethlehem, accusing their Church of selling land to Israelis.

eChurch – Israel: A meeting was spurred by the growing number of complaints from churches in the vicinity of Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim quarter about violence and harassment toward them on the part of ultra-Orthodox Jews.

eChurch – In a lengthy declaration labeled as a message of “faith, hope and love,” dozens of Arab Christian leaders from various churches represented in the region denounced Israel as the main obstacle to peace and rejected the validity of the biblical link between the Jews and the land.

eChurch – Beit She’an police on Wednesday arrested two haredi residents on suspicion they torched a car belonging to a local messianic Jew late Tuesday night.

eChurch – New Testaments and Christian literature destroyed by Akko council – Israeli Messianic Jewish pastor Tony Simon reports on a local council official who misused his authority to harass and illegally arrest evangelists.

Check out the Rosh Pina Project for analysis and reports on the relationship between Messianic Jews and Israel.

There is something deeply profound and important relating to the relationship between Christians and Jews (I do mean the Jewish race and not just religion or nationality) and I wish I were qualified to be able to explain why. I do know however, that reconciliation is vital.

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Tags: Christianity, Israel

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