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"The Church decries hatred, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time and by anyone." Vatican II: Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
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Vatican II on the Jewish People Article 4 of Nostra Aetate Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate (n. 4) Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews Judaism Statements of Pope John Paul II, collected by the Anti-Defamation League Notes on the Correct Way to Present the Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church 1965 document of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews The Church and Racism: Towards a More Fraternal Society See especially articles 7 and 15 of this 1988 document by the Pontifical Commission Justice and Peace The Jewish people and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible The Pontifical Biblical Commission, 2001 The Churches and the Jewish People: Toward a New Understanding The Consultation on the Church and the Jewish People of the World Council of Churches issued this statement at its meeting in Sigtuna, Sweden in 1988 Catholic Church and Judaism Paul VI to the International Committee linking the Catholic Church and Judaism, 1975 Anti-semitism: A wound to be healed Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, Cardinal Walter Kasper, L'Osservatore Romano – September 7, 2003 Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations National Conference of Catholic Bishops, March 1967 Statement on Catholic-Jewish Relations National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1975 Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1985 revision God's Mercy Endures Forever: Guidelines on the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Preaching Bishop's Committee on the Liturgy, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, September, 1988 Criteria for the Evaluation of Dramatizations of the Passion Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1988 The Ten Points of Seelisberg Issued by the International Council of Christians and Jews, August 5, 1947 Statement by the French Bishops' Committee for Relations with Jews April 1973 The Church and the Jews German Bishops' Conference, Bonn 1980 Polish Bishops Pastoral on Jewish-Catholic Relations 1991 Supported by One Root: Our Relationship to Judaism Statement by the Catholic Bishops in The Netherlands, 1995 Letter to the Jewish Community of Italy by the Catholic Bishops of Italy, March 1998 A Common Declaration on Anti-Semitism International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee, September 1990 A Catholic Timeline of Events Relating to Jews, Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust Prepared by Gerald Darring. Covers events from the 3rd century to the beginning of the third millennium Anti-Judaism: 70 to 1200 CE From Religious Tolerance.org Anti-Judaism: 1201 to 1800 CE From Religious Tolerance.org Anti-semitism: Racially-based persecution of Jews: 1800 to present From Religious Tolerance.org A Calendar of Jewish Persecution From Hear Now!, a messianic Judaism site Jews and Judaism in Christian Writings of the Second Century CE An analysis of the some of the major writers by Timothy J. Horner An Answer to the Jews Tertullian, c. 200 CE Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Saint Cyprian, 248 CE On the Jewish Meats Saint Cyprian, c. 250 CE Legislation Affecting the Jews, 300 to 800 CE Professions of Faith Extracted from Jews on Baptism Jews and the Later Roman Law, 315-531 CE Julian and the Jews, 361-363 CE From Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History written about 443-450 CE The Blood Libel in Syria Socrates Scholasticus, late 4th century Homilies Against the Jews John Chrysostom, sometime before 398 CE Novella 146: On Jews Justinian I The Sack of Jerusalem Antiochus Strategos, 614 "The Vengeance of the Jews Was Stronger Than Their Avarice": Modern Historians and the Persian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614 Article by Elliott Horowitz in Jewish Social Studies, 1998 On the Keeping of Slaves Fourth Council of Toledo, 633 The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681 CE Capitulary for the Jews Charlemagne, 814 On the Insolence of the Jews to Louis the Pious Agobard of Lyon, 826/827 On the Baptism of Slaves Belonging to Jews Agobard of Lyon An Inquiry into the Tolls of Raffelstettin King Louis the Child of Germany, c. 905. Information on Jewish merchants in Eastern Europe On the First Millenium From Ralph Glaber: Miracles de Saint-Benoit, c. 1044 Grant of Lands & Privileges to the Jews Bishop of Speyer, 1084 The Crusaders in Mainz, May 27, 1096 In May, 1096 a band of crusaders led by Emico, a German noble, forced its way into the city of Mayence and finally into the archiepiscopal palace where the Jews had taken refuge. The slaughter and suicide of the Jews in this palace with all the attendant horror and hysteria are graphically described in these two selections taken from a Hebrew historical account by Solomon bar Samson, who wrote about 1140 From the Dialogue of the Exchequer: On Usury, c.1170 Concerning Loans From The Jews Henry II of England Ephraim ben Jacob: The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois, May, 1171 The Accusation of the Ritual Murder of St. William of Norwich From "The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich," a Latin work written about 1173 by Thomas of Monmouth The Abbey of St. Edmund’s and the Jews, 1173-1182 Two excerpts from the Chronicle of Jocelyn of Brakelond Jews and Christians in Teruel: The Fuero of Teruel, 1176 CE Excerpts from the Fuero, or urban ordinance The Expulsion of the Jews from France, 1182 CE Account by Rigord from the Gesta Philippi Augusti Barnacle Geese Should Convince the Jew of the Immaculate Conception Gerald of Wales, 1188 Roger of Hoveden: The Persecution of Jews, 1189 Clifford's Tower: Massacre at York On the night of 16 March 1190, the feast of Shabbat ha-Gadol, the small Jewish community of York was gathered together for protection inside the tower. Rather than perish at the hands of the violent mob that awaited them outside, many of the Jews took their own lives; others died in the flames they had lit, and those who finally surrendered were massacred and murdered Charter by Which Many Liberties are Granted and Confirmed to the Jews Richard I of England, 22 March, 1190 The Ordinances of the Jews English Jewry is organised, 1194 Against the Perfidy of the Jews Peter of Blois, before 1198 Letter on the Jews Pope Innocent III in 1199 Appointment of an Archpriest of the Jews in England King John of England, July 1199 Constitution for the Jews 1199 Confirmation of the Charters of the Jews King John of England, 10 Apr. 1201 The Keeping of Slaves by the Jews Pope Innocent III, 1204 Protest to Philip Augustus of France Against Royal Protection of Jewish Money-Lenders Pope Innocent III, 1204 Canon 68 - on Jews From the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 Jewish Usurers Caricature from the Rotulus Judeorum, 1233 The Charter of the Jews of the Duchy of Austria July 1, 1244 CE Las Siete Partidas: Laws on Jews, 1265 The Seven-Part Code was compiled about 1265, under the supervision of Alfonso X, the Wise (1252-1284), of Castile. Its laws, however, did not go into effect until 1348, and then only with certain reservations St. Louis and the Jews of France, before 1270 CE Account by Joinville Letter on Jews - Against the Blood Libel Pope Gregory X [1271-76] The Black Death and the Jews, 1348-1349 CE The first account is a confession made under torture by Agimet, a Jew, who was arrested at Chatel, on Lake Geneva. It is typical of the confessions extorted and forwarded to other towns. The second account describes the Black Death in general and treats specifically of the destruction of the Jewish community in Strasbourg Ordinance of the Jews of the Crown of Aragon, 1354 CE An Oath Taken by Jews Frankfort on the Main about 1392 CE Anti-Semitic Legends These legends reflect an anti-Jewish sentiment long exhibited by European Christians. These tales illustrate a tragic and lengthy chapter in ecclesiastical history Martin V: From the Declaration on the Protection of the Jews: (1419) A Blood Libel Cult: Anderl von Rinn, d. 1462 Anderl was a three year-old boy who became the focus of a blood-libel cult in the seventeenth-century The Expulsion from Spain, 1492 CE Account by an Italian Jew The Jews and Their Lies Martin Luther, 1543 On Jews and Christians Living in the Same Place Encyclical of Pope Benedict XIV promulgated on June 14, 1751. Also Here Jewish Emancipation Article in the Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions The Origins of Christian Anti-Semitism By Sandra S. Williams of the Judaic Studies Program, University of Central Florida Is Paul the Father of Misogyny and Antisemitism? Article by Pamela Eisenbaum in CrossCurrents Wrestling with Johannine Anti-Judaism:A Hermeneutical Framework for the Analysis of the Current Debate Article by Reimund Bieringer, Didier Pollefeyt & Frederique Vandecasteele-Vanneuville of the Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium Anti-semitism In Christian Theology Article by Rosemary R. Ruether in Theology Today, 1974 A Short Review of a Troubled History This list of incidents by Fritz B. Voll "is meant to create an interest in the study of the troubled Christian-Jewish relationship. It may also serve to show that the Nazi Holocaust was preceded by a long history of ill-treatment of Jews in so-called Christian countries and that the Christian church through its 'teaching of contempt' (Jules Isaac) contributed in great measure to Jewish suffering." Classical and Christian Anti-Semitism Chapter 3 of The Holocaust: A Guide for Teachers Anti-Judaism in Religious Feminist Writing Article by Louise and Mark Zwick of the Houston Catholic Worker Old Testament, New Hatreds: The Hebrew Bible and Antisemitism in Nazi Germany Article by Doris L. Bergen, Department of History, Notre Dame. Article reproduced from: Sacred Text, Secular Times: The Hebrew Bible in the Modern World, Creighton University Press, 2000 History of Anti-Semitism From the book by Plater Robinson, Deathly Silence: Everyday People in the Holocaust, courtesy of the Southern Institute For Education and Research at Tulane University Three Major Historic Stages of Christian Anti-Semitism From the Holocaust & Resistance Studies course outline by Beth Dutton The Spanish Inquisition Jason L. Slade Source of Hatred: Anti-Semitism By Alexander Kimel - Holocaust Survivor History of the Jews Article in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia Guidelines for the Evaluation of the Treatment of Jews and Judaism in Catechetical Materials Developed by Dr. Eugene J. Fisher, Associate Director, The Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference Anti-Jewish Interpretations of Psalm 1 in Luther and in Modern German Protestantism By Uwe F. W. Bauer, Mülheim/Ruhr Assemblies of the World Council of Churches This article by Allan R. Brockway traces the struggles of the WCC in dealing with Christian antisemitism Anti-Zionism = Antisemitism Martin Luther King Antisemitism Article in Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Antisemitism and Christian Relations A reading list covering these topics: Antisemitism; What Led To The Holocaust; Medieval Oppression; Antisemitism Today (Including Dealing With Hate Groups); JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY; Judaism, Freemasonry and Other Rumors What's in a Hyphen? Should one write `anti-Semitism' with a hypen or 'antisemitism' as one word? Antisemitism: An Enduring Problem in Western Society Alan T. Davies Antisemitism and Xenophobia Today Up-to-date country by country reports on antisemitism. Each entry provides key data about the overall political and economic situation in the country, information about racism and xenophobia and then a series of sections on various aspects of antisemitism Anti-Semitism Worldwide 2002/3 and 2003/4 Articles and country-by-country reports Origin of Christianity and Judaism: What Actually Happened, What Jesus Actually Taught and Later Changes 1994 book by Manfred Davidmann Causes of Antisemitism Article by Manfred Davidmann The Development of Modern Anti-Semitism From Beyond the Pale: A History of the Jews in Russia Canadian Council of Christians and Jews The CCCJ is a non-religious organization dedicated to promoting cultural, racial and religious harmony among the people of Canada. The CCCJ sponsors workshops, public information initiatives and gatherings to promote unity and goodwill. In addition, the CCCJ works with educational and community organizations to provide training in the field of human relations. The Anti-Defamation League The ADL, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry HateWatch: Neo-Nazis/Anti-Semitism Links to over 30 anti-Semitic hate groups The Protocols of the Elders of Zion A notorious, antisemitic forgery, which is still being printed and read today. Alfred Rosenberg reissued the Protocols in Nazi Germany and Hitler believed in their authenticity and referred to them in Mein Kampf; Nazi authorities recommended the use of the Protocols in schools The Nuremberg Race Laws The Nuremberg Race Laws of 1935 deprived German Jews of their rights of citizenship, giving them the status of "subjects" in Hitler's Reich Kristallnacht A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938, into the next day Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism Established in 1982 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for understanding the phenomenon of antisemitism. See especially the page of full text articles The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism Began operating at Tel Aviv University as the Project for the Study of Anti-Semitism in fall 1991. It is housed in the Wiener Library, which contains one of the largest collections of anti-Semitic, Nazi and extremist literature in the world. The Institute monitors manifestations of anti-Semitism and racism around the world and operates a computerized database of contemporary anti-Semitism and hate groups H-Antisemitism Encourages scholarly discussion of Anti-Semitic History and makes available diverse bibliographical, research and teaching aids. H-Antisemitism's editorial board and discussion list editors serve a broad intellectual community Why the Jews? The shocking explanation for the world's longest hatred. This seminar will transform the way you view yourself, your people and your history Still Images from Der ewige Jude The Erternal Jew is the film that was developed by the Nazis and shown in Germany throughout the 1930's and 40's. Other European countries used it as well and there are notes about it being shown in the United States. This film depicts the Jew in the worst possible light. Using this film the Nazis accomplished a true indoctrination of the youth of Germany and provided groundwork for the horror of the Holocaust. Jewish-Polish Heritage Articles by Mike Rosenzweig, Ph. D.: Jewish History in Poland - from 1800 - 1939; Jewish History in Poland - from 1939-1945; Synagogues in Poland; Poland Revisited; Jewish - Polish Relations -- a Dialogue; Restitution of Jewish Property. Jewish-Polish Heritage Articles by Mike Rosenzweig, Ph. D.: Early History of the Jews in Poland; History of the Jews in Poland 1800 to 1939; Jewish History in Poland during the Years 1939-1945; Synagogues in Poland Coming to Terms with the "Dark Past": The Polish Debate about the Jedwabne Massacre Article by Joanna Michlic Shakespeare and Anti-Semitism: The Question of Shylock The Nature of Anti-Semitism History of Jews in England Stage History of Shylock Textual Analysis of The Merchant of Venice The Jews as 'Others': On Communicative Aspects of Antisemitism Article by Herta Herzog Philosemites or Antisemites?: Evangelical Christian Attitudes toward Jews, Judaism, and the State of Israel Article by Yaacov Ariel Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union The site for daily news, opinion, and advocacy on Jews and human rights in the former Soviet Union |
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