After this letter, all of us must contend with the implications of the fact that he knew about the death camps—and he did nothing.
Rabbi Daniel F. Polish
Rabbi Daniel F. Polish is the author of Bringing The Psalms to Life, Keeping Faith with the Psalms and Talking About God, all published by Jewish Lights Publishing. In October, 2008 Rabbi Polish was part of a delegation of Jewish leaders who met with Pope Benedict XVI to discuss current issues between the Jewish community and the Catholic Church. In 2013, he participated in similar conversations with Pope Francis.
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Why Pope Francis’ comments on the Torah were hurtful to his Jewish friends
The catechesis that Pope Francis offered in August is in direct and explicit contradiction to the idea that supersessionism has itself been superseded.
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Easter and Passover have more in common than you think
There are deeper, underlying commonalities that join the two holidays.
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Pastries, parties and more: What Purim and Mardi Gras have in common.
Purim and Mardi Gras serve, paradoxically, as a farcical introduction to a period of deep religious seriousness.
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Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas—but they are cousins.
Christmas and Hanukkah share much more than the giving of gifts.
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How the psalms can guide us through the storms of our lives
The G-d who unleashes such overwhelming destruction is the very same G-d who can give us strength to endure it.
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How the psalms help us see our role creation
Who is God? How do we build our relationship with God?
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A lever that moved the world: Catholic-Jewish relations 50 years after ‘Nostra Aetate’
Rabbi Polish: “For the church to understand Judaism is to understand a part of itself.”
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The topsy-turvy world of Psalm 118
Rabbi Daniel Polish he topsy-turvy world of Psalm 118
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Blessed Are They: Finding happiness in the psalms
How do we find happiness? The answer to this question is very much a scriptural one, though we do not usually think of the Bible as concerned with happiness. We imagine it to be devoted to a whole different set of issues. And yet happiness—our happiness—is very much a part of what the Bi