A group of “Orthodox” rabbis in Israel, the United States and Europe have issued a historic public statement affirming that Christianity is “the willed divine outcome and gift to the nations” and urging Jews and Christians to “work together as partners to address the moral challenges of our era,” Breitbart reports.
“[Yoshka] brought a double goodness to the world,” the statement reads. “On the one hand, he strengthened the Torah of Moses majestically” and on the other hand “he removed idols from the nations,” instilling them “firmly with moral traits.”
The Jewish leaders expressed their desire to accept “the hand offered to us by our Christian brothers and sisters.”
“Christians are congregations that work for the sake of heaven who are destined to endure, whose intent is for the sake of heaven and whose reward will not denied,” the text reads.
The statement bears the title, “To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians,” and is signed by over 25 “Orthodox” rabbis, who invite fellow rabbis to join in signing the statement.
“Now that the Catholic Church has acknowledged the eternal Covenant between G-d and Israel, we Jews can acknowledge the ongoing constructive validity of Christianity as our partner in world redemption, without any fear that this will be exploited for missionary purposes,” it says.
Echoing recent words by Pope Francis, the document states: “We are no longer enemies, but unequivocal partners in articulating the essential moral values for the survival and welfare of humanity.”
“Neither of us can achieve G-d’s mission in this world alone,” it says.
According to Shlomo Riskin, one of the statement’s initiators, the “real importance of this Orthodox statement is that it calls for fraternal partnership between Jewish and Christian religious leaders, while also acknowledging the positive theological status of the Christian faith.”
“This proclamation’s breakthrough is that influential Orthodox rabbis across all centers of Jewish life have finally acknowledged that Christianity and Judaism are no longer engaged in a theological duel to the death and that Christianity and Judaism have much in common spiritually and practically. Given our toxic history, this is unprecedented in Orthodoxy.” said Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn, Academic Director of CJCUC.
Hope you’re still holding your nose.
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What is Matzav’s obsession with Riskin? Who cares about him? He is ovair ubattul.
Unbelievable!!! “rabbi” Riskin, get lost!
Hopefully there will be an academic reply to this.
Rabbi Riskin is quite talented however his ideas, it appears, may involve some sort of possible Kefirah.
Anybody who says that yushka “strengthened the Torah of Moses” is a absolute apikores, kofer, and rosha. This madness must be exposed and squelched quickly. Such a person is not considered part of the Jewish nation, and is definitely not fit to be in any position of Jewish leadership. Riskin and his colleagues are already known to marry mamzeirim in Israel, children from an infamous illegitimate marriage that occurred many years ago in Israel.
They have lots in common. The Christians worship a Jewish man – Yoshke – and each one of those so-called rabbits worships a Jewish man – himself.
There is no end to sheker. Once one goes down the slippery slope, there is no hole deep enough.
The second half of this article contains a refutation of the Riskin statement: http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2015/12/10/turning-chanukah-on-its-head
Although the recent Catholic declaration that God’s covenant with the Jewish people is eternal and can never be broken is a welcome change from 1900 years of supercessionist theology, we should remember that (1) it could potentially be revoked by a future Pope, and (2) only two Protestant groups have made similar statements. All of the evangelical groups we work with on a regular basis still hold that Christianity supercedes Judaism. Were I a rabbi I would NOT have signed this statement.
what happened to riskin who was at the forefront of kiruv when he was at lincoln square synagogue? he seems to have gone mad