Nazis and Church Locked Horns Early
ZENIT While the Nazi regime is most often identified with anti-Semitism and the systemic murder of some 6 million Jews, Hitler’s regime was also responsible for creating untold numbers of Christian martyrs. While the Nazi regime is most often identified with anti-Semitism and the systemic murder of some 6 million Jews, Hitler’s regime was also […]
Most of Rome’s Jews Were Saved from Hitler’s ‘Final Solution’
L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO The following is a translation of an interview that Mr. Nikolaus Kunkel, a witness to Pius XII’s actions to save Roman Jews during the Second World War, gave to the German Catholic News Agency (KNA) on 7 November 2000. Now 80 years old, Mr. Kunkel was an officer at the headquarters of the […]
Anti-Judaism vs. Anti-Semitism Was Christianity Itself Responsible for the Nazi Holocaust?
HELEN M. VALOIS Should the Pope apologize for the Nazi Holocaust? Did Christian teaching, as is increasingly alleged, create cultural conditions that ultimately drove the Jews to their graves during the mid-20th century? In understanding the “Holocaust apology” scenario, we must distinguish between anti-Judaism among Christians, and anti-Semitism in Church teaching. Individuals, groups, nations, and […]
House passes bipartisan resolution decrying Jew-hatred by wide margin
“If Jewish Americans can’t walk freely in Boulder, or work safely in D.C. or celebrate Passover in their own homes without fear, then we indeed have failed as a nation,” said the resolution’s chief sponsor, Rep. Jeff Van Drew. Jonathan D. Salant (June 9, 2025 / JNS) A bipartisan resolution condemning recent violent attacks against Jewish […]
Are Jews a Race?
Jews include individuals of enormously diverse origins and physical appearances, making the idea that Jews could easily be designated a race implausible. My Jewish Learning The short answer is no — Jews are not a race. People who identify as Jewish include individuals of enormously diverse geographic origins and physical appearances, making the idea that Jews […]
A Righteous Gentile: Pope Pius XII and the Jews
Rabbi David G. Dalin Today it needs to be more widely recognized and appreciated that Pius XII was indeed a very “righteous gentile,” who saved more Jewish lives than any other person. A new authentically Jewish history of Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust needs to be written in order to help bring some long-overdue recognition […]
800,000 Saved by Pius XII’s ‘Silence’
Donald DeMarco In response, to the controversy stimulated by The Deputy, Jewish historian Pincus Lapide researched the matter and concluded that as many as 800,000 Jewish survivors owe their lives to the pontiff’s leadership. Pope Pius XII Rolf Hochhuth’s play The Deputy, had its world premier in Berlin in the year 1963. The Deputy is Pius XII, the […]
Pedagogy of Hate
Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook Jerusalem Post Op-Ed, January 4, 2004 If you want to know what’s really at the heart of the Palestinian conflict with Israel, don’t ask the politicians or the diplomats. Go to the new experts: Palestinian children. Unlike the rest of the world, they’ve been paying close attention to what their […]
The Jews and their Lies
Martin Luther At the beginning of his career, Martin Luther was apparently sympathetic to Jewish resistance to the Catholic Church. However, he expected the Jews to convert to his purified Christianity; when they did not, he turned violently against them. Luther used violent and vulgar language throughout his career. While we do not expect religious […]
Luther and Hitler
Two of the most notoriously unshakable Anti-Semitics were the Protestant reformer Martin Luther and German Chancellor-turned dictator Adolf Hitler. But who exactly were Martin Luther and Adolf Hitler? Although four centuries apart, both Martin Luther and Adolf Hitler had a remarkable impact on both Germany and the world. Luther is renowned still today as the […]