Lecture on Jewish Christian Reconciliation

My dear Friends
Here is an account of yesterday's lecture, which went well.
Jewish Christian Reconciliation in the post-war period
A lecture was held on the above topic in the Old Library, Darwin College, Cambridge, on Sunday 26th July. The speaker was Jonathan Gorsky, lecturer in Heythrop College, University of London, who has helped to devise a unique undergraduate degree in the 3 Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

The lecture was both a brief historical account of the difficult and conflictual relations between Jews and Christians over the centuries and an overview of the very real progress in Jewish Christian relations since the Second World War.

While, for example, collective guilt for the Crucifixion has been attributed to the Jews over the centuries, Nostra Aetate (In our Age)and other documents of the Church during the reforms of Vatican II in the 1960's refuted this position. It also laid down guidelines for a proper relationship with the Jewish people and recognised officially that the Old Testament is the matrix of the New.

Encounters between Jews and Christians through organisations such as the Council for Christians and Jews and a move, especially among young people to get to know the 'other' as fellow human beings through dicussion and Friendship have also been ways of breaking down barriers.

The lecture was hosted by The Little Sisters of Joy, an ecumenical foundation of Prayer, Peace and Reconciliation and was well attended by a variety of people from diverse backgrounds. A lively question and answer session followed this thought-provoking and moving lecture.

Shalom from
Sister Gila