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New Glossary – Translate Hate

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Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition
Glossary Tackling Antisemitism through a Catholic Lens

On 11 December 2024, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) announced the release of Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition, an updated version of the AJC’s glossary of antisemitic rhetoric.1 Many of the definitions are supplemented with a commentary from a Catholic perspective provided by the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the USCCB.

The introduction to the publication states (p.9): “Translate Hate was created to explain antisemitism. This glossary aims to improve media literacy on antisemitism and hate, especially in the digital realm. It offers a comprehensive list of terms and expressions that will help you recognize antisemitism when you see it.”

1https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2024/12/u-s-bishops-and-american-jewish-committee-join-together-to-fight-antisemitism

This significant resource may be downloaded at:
https://www.usccb.org/resources/TranslateHateCatholicEdition.pdf

Read more:
https://www.jcrelations.net/article/new-glossary-breaks-ground-in-tackling-antisemitism-through-a-catholic.lens.html

Preaching and Teaching with Love and Respect for the Jewish People

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In 2022 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America published a 56-page guide to “Preaching and Teaching ‘With Love and Respect for the Jewish People’.” The title quotes a key phrase from the Church’s 1994 Declaration to the Jewish Community. Coming from the Consultative Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Relations and endorsed by the Conference of Bishops, it constitutes an important teaching document and guidance on behalf of the denomination.

Click on link: Preaching and Teaching ‘With Love and Respect for the Jewish People’

Conversations on Christian-Jewish Relations

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As a visiting professor at Gratz College in Philadelphia, Rabbi Abraham Skorka conducted a series of interviews with several leading figures in Christian-Jewish and interreligious relations. The Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations has made them available, courtesy of the Jewish Christian Studies Program and Gratz College. Rabbi Skorka is the emeritus rector of Seminario Rabbinico Latinamericano Marshall T. Meyer in Buenos Aires and co-author with Pope Francis of On Heaven and Earth, a book of their dialogues. Please click the link below to go to the website of the Council of Centres on Jewish-Christian Relations to view the video series:
https://www.ccjr.us/dialogika-resources/educational-and-liturgical-materials/curricula/skorka-interviews