Opportunity Knocks in Pew Results
So the ground is shifting beneath our feet—what else is new?
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The Holocaust is Over: Avraham Burg’s Israel and Jews as Victims
A recent book by an eminent Israeli has caused a sensation in Israel as it calls on Jews to move past the Holocaust, which has rendered them oblivious to the suffering of others. Though Burg is firmly rooted in the tradition of Israeli apostates, his thesis overlooks several critical phenomena.
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Atheist Nazis? The Pope’s Cheap Atonement
Adam Clayton Powell called it “cheap grace,” but we might call it “cheap atonement”: the effort by sinners to select which sins to acknowledge and repent.
Pope Benedict ended his heavily protested visit to England…
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How Should We Speak of Unspeakable Evil?
Do we turn to the wrong institutions when we go to courts of law to attempt to enact forgiveness or reconciliation for genocide?
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Catholic-Jewish Tension and the Rededication of Catholic Holocaust Memorial
At a time when the Pope isn’t doing much to help Jewish-Catholic relations, the Boston Diocese reaches out.
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