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Bishops Promote Jewish-Catholic Relations

September 20, 2012 3 Comments



Father John William Crossin, executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has posted a brief video on the USCCB website in which he discusses the importance of Jesus’ Jewishness both for Christian self-understanding and for promoting Jewish-Christian relations. Father Crossin mentions (at 1:10) two formal dialogues between the USCCB and the Jewish community. One of these is the long-standing relationship with the National Council of Synagogues, a coalition of the Reform, Reconstructionist, and Conservative movements. Father Crossin’s remarks would be a wonderful addition to the URJ’s “Open Doors, Open Minds: Synagogues and Churches Studying Together.”

 

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3 Responses to “Bishops Promote Jewish-Catholic Relations”

  1. Kish Underwood Reply September 23, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    I had the same problem. I would really like to see it though.

  2. Gail Karp, Cantor Reply September 23, 2012 at 9:17 am

    Good Morning,
    I have tried to launch the Crossin video from the Rabbi Saperstein’s article in the URJ newsletter, the RAC homepage and USCCB Homepage without success. Was the streaming of this interview removed from their site?

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