Fifty years to the day after the papal declaration that launched a new era in Catholic-Jewish relations, around 900 people gathered to commemorate the landmark document at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center for the Arts.
“For centuries, it was documented by Catholics that somehow Judaism was a surplus religion following the rise of
Rabbi James Rudin who spent decades working to bring real-life meaning to the words of Nostra Aetate speaks to the crowd at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center.
Christianity,” Rabbi James Rudin said. “Even though Jesus was a Jew living in the land of Israel and his early followers were Jews, the prevalent belief was that Jews had failed to recognize the Messiah and as a result Judaism was an extraneous religion subject to contempt. For over 1,900 years, there were tragic, horrific attacks, but Jews and Judaism did not disappear.”
“For centuries, it was documented by Catholics that somehow Judaism was a surplus religion following the rise of
Rabbi James Rudin who spent decades working to bring real-life meaning to the words of Nostra Aetate speaks to the crowd at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center.
Christianity,” Rabbi James Rudin said. “Even though Jesus was a Jew living in the land of Israel and his early followers were Jews, the prevalent belief was that Jews had failed to recognize the Messiah and as a result Judaism was an extraneous religion subject to contempt. For over 1,900 years, there were tragic, horrific attacks, but Jews and Judaism did not disappear.”
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