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Catholic teachers 'bear witness' through Israel trip
Some 30 Catholic school teachers from across the United States are in Israel for an in-depth course on anti-Semitism sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. The teachers were selected from almost 500 who have already participated in workshops in the US based on the same program.
This program, called "Bearing Witness", is different from other efforts in which the ADL and other Jewish groups are already engaged to cultivate positive relationships with Christians in that it aims at the grassroots level rather than official representatives.
Also, it focuses on teachers because of their role in shaping the moral education of young Catholics.
The idea, said project originator David Friedman, is "not to leave the heroism of Righteous Gentiles to chance... [but to] educate a generation of Catholics dedicated to living the changes [in Catholic-Jewish relations] that the Vatican has initiated" over the past 40 years. Karen Brady from Tucson, Arizona, is one of the participants on the trip. Like many of her colleagues, she also joined the ADL for a four-day trip to Poland this past spring. Unlike most, however, she spoke at the OSCE's conference on anti-Semitism in Cordoba, Spain, in June, explaining how Bearing Witness has made an impact on her and her diocese.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1123467496285
Some 30 Catholic school teachers from across the United States are in Israel for an in-depth course on anti-Semitism sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. The teachers were selected from almost 500 who have already participated in workshops in the US based on the same program.
This program, called "Bearing Witness", is different from other efforts in which the ADL and other Jewish groups are already engaged to cultivate positive relationships with Christians in that it aims at the grassroots level rather than official representatives.
Also, it focuses on teachers because of their role in shaping the moral education of young Catholics.
The idea, said project originator David Friedman, is "not to leave the heroism of Righteous Gentiles to chance... [but to] educate a generation of Catholics dedicated to living the changes [in Catholic-Jewish relations] that the Vatican has initiated" over the past 40 years. Karen Brady from Tucson, Arizona, is one of the participants on the trip. Like many of her colleagues, she also joined the ADL for a four-day trip to Poland this past spring. Unlike most, however, she spoke at the OSCE's conference on anti-Semitism in Cordoba, Spain, in June, explaining how Bearing Witness has made an impact on her and her diocese.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1123467496285
