Holocaust Scholars Write to the Vatican

Subjects:

• Religious Studies » Religious Studies (General)
• History » Holocaust Studies
• Multicultural Studies » Jewish Studies

Reviews:

• These essays provide constructive criticism and contribute to both Holocaust and Christian studies.
  —SHOFAR
• The essays are balanced and they are couched in the politest of terms. But they raise questions that should not be ignored....we read these open letters, not gleefully, not with a sense of: good, give it to them! but with a sense of hope. Perhaps this time the questions will be heard. Perhaps this time the questions will be answered.
  —The Jewish Journal of South Florida
• The essays...raise questions that should not be ignored.
  —Moment Magazine
• The issues of the Holocaust and its implications for Christian-Jewish relations are articulated powerfully in the book, and it certainly should be in every collection of Judaica.
  —AJL Newsletter

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Eugene J. Fisher
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Vatican, the Catholic Religion, the Jews by Nechama Tec
• An Awkward Approach by Richard Libowitz
• Do Not Hurt Them by Zev Garber
• Priorities in Unfinished Business by Franklin Littell
• To Stand Before the World as the Church Repentant by Susan Nowak
• Planting Seeds: Jews, Catholics, and the Search for New Beginnings by Abraham J. Peck
• The Religious Roots of the Holocaust by Emanuel Tanay
• An Open Letter to the Vatican by M.F. Nefsky
• Letter to the Pope by Pierre Sauvage
• Thoughts of a Survivor about the Vatican, Its Actions and Inactions During the Holocaust by Leon Wells
• To the Vatican by Hubert G. Locke
• A Letter with Suggestions by Judith Hershcopf Banki
• Listening Together: A Meditation on Memory and Music Shared with Pope John Paul II by John K. Roth
• Selected Bibliography
• Index