The Christian-Jewish Alliance and Its Enemies

It was around 25 years ago that I made the unusual academic decision to enroll in Yale University’s divinity school. I arrived at Yale in early September a little nervous, aware that I was very possibly the first Orthodox rabbi to attend Yale Divinity School to study Christian philosophy. My own sense of standing out was not assuaged at student orientation, when we sat in a circle on the quad and a sincere Christian from one of the Dakotas (I forget which) said, “You know, I feel like I really stick out around here, being a Presbyterian among so many Episcopalians.” On the other side of the circle, I—the guy with the yarmulke—was thinking, “Yeah, I hate when that happens. You’re Presbyterian and everyone else is Episcopalian. That’s the worst.”