John Connellyteaches the history of East Central Europe at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe (Princeton, 2020).
To get an inkling of the power of anti-Judaic legacy, I recommend reading a gospel in one sitting. Or better yet, watch ‘The Gospel of John’ with a Jewish friend.
In this brilliantly argued intellectual history, David Nirenberg asks how influential figures in the Western tradition have thought about Judaism over the millennia.
When it comes to bettering Catholic-Jewish relations, converts from Judaism and Protestantism have been largely responsible for challenging racism and anti-Semitism.
