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A Legacy of Catholic-Jewish Dialogue: The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lectures. Edited by Thomas A. Baima. Chicago, 111.: Liturgy Training Publications, 2012. xxvi + 210 pp. $18.00 (paper).
This collection of the first ten annual Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lectures gives an excellent snapshot of the state of Catholic-Jewish dialogue in Chicago between 1995 and 2005, in light of the historic Second Vatican Council document concerning the relationship of the church to non-Christian religions, Nostra Aetate. These lectures had their beginning with the Catholic-Jewish trip the Cardinal led to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza in 1995, and the lecture "Anti-Semitism: The Historical Legacy and Challenge for Christians," which he delivered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a part of that visit. Upon their return to Chicago, the editor of this book, Thomas Baima, and three other participants in the trip discussed the idea of a series of annual Jerusalem Lectures and were able to obtain the full support of Cardinal Bernardin.
Thomas Baima in his preface writes that the first ten lecturers have "produced the most sustained engagement of public...