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A smattering of headlines across local New York City newspapers read: “On Blacks and Jews”; “The Myth of Black Anti-Semitism”; and “Who’s Anti-Semitic?” You might be forgiven for thinking those bulletins were penned in recent weeks. However, they were all created more than 50 years ago, at another moment in Gotham’s history when questions about Black and Jewish relations were at the forefront of public discourse.
<p class="MsoNormal">I suppose it was fitting, in a depressing kind of way, that the U.S. bishops' conference plenary coincided with former President Donald Trump's announcement he is seeking the presidency in 2024. In both church and state, the future will be dominated by divisiveness and a culture war ethic for the next few years, a result that contradicts the founding mission of both. The future is grim.<o:p></o:p></p>
Rabbi A. James Rudin has spent much of his life helping to develop respect and understanding among faiths. On Sunday, he will be the third American rabbi bestowed with the Papal Knighthood of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
From the blog of Eve Rudin Kleinman at The Times of Israel
Rabbi A. James Rudin, co-founder of Saint Leo University’s Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies, to receive Papal Knighthood. The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston Mark O’Connell will conduct the investiture ceremony on behalf of Pope Francis on November 20 at the university's campus, north of Tampa.