Juifs et chrétiens: que doivent-ils espérer de leur rencontre?
Jean-Marie Lustiger (Card.)Jews and Christians do not know each other much. Catholics are slow in their appreciation of the Jewish identity, of the destiny of an often scattered and victimised people, of the birth and existence of the State of Israel. Jews are little aware of Christianity and of the specific meaning of its presence among the nations. The A. claims that both have a common symbolic heritage, and he recalls their meeting of minds in various fields, such as their ethical view of the world, their conception of democracy and liberty, their utter allergy to racism. From the Jewish rooth springs a graft that guarantees its perennity and authenticates its origin.