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Jews have long experience with Christians who have tried to help us in putting our Judaism behind us.

My track record is that I have always sought to work with warmth and in a constructive way with the leaders of other components of the Jewish faith.

A fully positive relationship between Christians and Jews is one that would elide all differences.

This type of gathering is unprecedented. The time has come for Christians to publicly affirm our Jewish roots, distinctions and oneness in Jesus Christ.

I sincerely hope I can contribute to the progress there has been in relations between Jews and Catholics since the Second Vatican Council in a spirit of renewed collaboration.

The last thing Jews need is to create tension with their best friends. And the last thing Christians need is a renewal of Christian hatred toward Jesus' people.

I've always enjoyed the communal side of Jewish life.

I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen.

Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for.

As a practicing Jew, I have studied with Christian teachers whom I respect for who they are and what they are, including their positive concern with Jews and Judaism.