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Wall Street Journal
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Christian Antisemitism Is Self-Undermining
While Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts writes that 'Harvard's Church Is No Home for Antisemitism' (Letters, June 16), he also raises the sins of 'Islamophobia and colonialism.' By including the last two, he draws an unfortunate and false equivalence with a much more pressing problem. Anti-Jewish belief by Christians isn't merely an ethical issue; it's an ontological contradiction. Without the Jews, God's chosen people, there would be no Christianity. From the Jews we have received the faith of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the Law of Moses; the Bible, both Old and New Testaments; Jesus himself; the Apostolic Tradition; and most of the early Christian martyrs. As Pope John Paul II once said, the Jews are 'our elder brothers in the faith.' Pope Francis referred to them as our 'big brothers.' Christians who entertain anti-Jewish opinions or who commit anti-Jewish acts are transgressing the roots of their own faith.
Wall Street Journal
4 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
False Fears on Harvard Yard
As a Jew, I appreciate the Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts's condemnation of centuries' old transgressions by Christians against Jews (Letters, June 16). But that he couldn't bring himself to condemn antisemitism without also invoking 'Islamophobia and colonialism' tells me all I need to know about how serious his commitment to ending the problem is. Fred Rothzeid
