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Rabbi A. James Rudin, di-
rector of interreligious af-
fairs for the American Jew-
ish Committee is one in
which Catholics are urged to
gain a better understanding
of the Jewish faith because it
will provide a better under-
standing of the Christian
liturgy.
On the whole, the
atechism "consolidates,
rather than retreats from
Vatican II, but doesn't break
any new ground," according
to Rabbi Rudin.
It gives "final authority to
what we've worked on for 30
ears," he said.
In all, there are 23 index
references to Jews and
Judaism, and more to the
, nation of Israel, which is
mentioned in the theological
sense rather than in a
modern political context.
But the analysts disagreed
as to whether the new
catechism fully respects the
integrity of Judaism and the
Jewish people's relationship
with God.
According to Rabbi
-Klenicki, the catechism
gives "official sanction to
the teaching of contempt"
for Judaism because, in his
interpretation, it implies in
several places that "we Jews
appear only to prepare the
way for Jesus. There is no
reference to Judaism after
the coming of Jesus," he
said.
But according to Rabbi
Bemporad, the unique and
irrevocable nature of Jews'
covenant with God is stated
clearly in the catechism.
And, said Rabbi Rudin,
while the catechism "clearly
speaks of the ultimate truth
of Christianity as a faith
commitment, it does not ad-
vance this truth by defam-
ing, denigrating or debasing
Jews or Judaism.
"This is a Christian docu-
ment, so of course it states
that the ultimate religious
truth is Jesus and Chris-
tianity, but not at the ex-
pense of Jews or Judaism,"
he said.
The instances where the
catechism does not treat
Judaism fully or fairly could
have been prevented had a
draft of the document been
brought for review to Jewish
experts involved with Chris-
tian-Jewish dialogue, said
Rabbi Bemporad.
But this was not possible
within the current official
framework for Catholic-
Jewish dialogue, Bemporad
pointed out. One of the Jew-
ish partners is the Syn-
agogue Council of America;
its Orthodox members pro-
hibit any discussions of theo-
logical issues in that dia-
logue.

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