“I was baptized but not converted”
—Henrich Heine
September will mark the 20th anniversary of Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity, a controversial document signed by over 200 rabbis and Jewish scholars. Dabru Emet, which appeared in The New York Times on Sept. 10, 2000, was written as a response to various changes over the previous decades in Church doctrine regarding the Jews. In the opening statement it said, “We believe these changes [in Church attitudes toward the Jews] merit a thoughtful Jewish response. Speaking only for ourselves—an interdenominational group of Jewish scholars—we believe it is time for Jews to learn about the efforts of Christians to honor Judaism. We believe it is time for Jews to reflect on what Judaism may now say about Christianity.”
