Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants. Yet, despite the inseparable connection between the election of Israel and that of the church, between the "old" and the "new" covenant, this shared spiritual patrimony has been the source of a type of violent sibling rivalry competing for the same paternal love and inherited entitlement. God, it seemed, had but one blessing to bestow. It could be given to either Jacob or Esau--but not both. In the twenty-first century, however, Jews and...

Jewish and Christian scholars consider the Vatican document, "We Remember: A Reflection on the 'Shoah'." Robert Schreiter, Gerard Sloyan, Irving Greenberg, Cardinal Edward Cassidy, Michael Marrus, Steven Katz, John Morley, Judith H. Banki, and Ronald Modras address four major points of controversy, including the legacy of anit-Semitism in the church and the role of Pius XII during the Holocaust. Michael Berenbaum, John Pawlikowski, John Michalczyk, Peter Hass, Peter Hayes, and Donald Dietrich confront three major ethical themes, including what we can learn about today's economic and social...