Jesuit Kaddish Jesuits, Jews, and Holocaust Remembrance

James Bernauer S.J., "Jesuit Kaddish: Jesuits, Jews, and Holocaust Remembrance"
English | ISBN: 0268107017 | 2020 | 220 pages | EPUB | 373 KB
While much has been written about the Catholic Church and the Holocaust, little has been published about the hostile role of priests, in particular Jesuits, toward Jews and Judaism. Jesuit Kaddish is a long overdue study that examines Jesuit hostility toward Judaism before the Shoah and the development of a new understanding of the Catholic Church’s relation to Judaism that culminated with Vatican II’s landmark decree Nostra aetate. James Bernauer undertakes a self-examination as a member of the Jesuit order and writes this story in the hopes that it will contribute to interreligious reconciliation.