New videos to guide grass-roots Catholic-Jewish dialogues

Published: 2003-12-15

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Leaders of a national Catholic-Jewish dialogue Dec. 11 announced a new communications initiative to promote understanding between the two faiths at the grass-roots level. Meeting at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, delegates of the National Council of Synagogues and the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops unveiled a six-part video series for Catholics and Jews to view and discuss with one another in parishes and synagogues. "There's an enormous amount of lack of understanding and we have an awful lot of work to do to help communicate ideas," said Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, USCCB episcopal moderator for Catholic-Jewish relations and Catholic co-chairman of the meeting. During the meeting participants screened the last two videos of the series. In a joint news release afterward they said, "It is our fervent hope that this series will not only help to correct misinformation and dispel stereotypes that have for so long poisoned Christian-Jewish relations, but will also enrich the religious lives and self-understanding of Jews and Christians alike."

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