Jacek Maj

According to Father Stanislaw Musial SJ (1938-2004), who was a pioneer of inter-religious dialogue in Poland and one of the most important figures in Christian-Jewish dialogue since World War II, anti-Semitism is a Christian disease that Jews die of. Father Musial showed that the centuries old disdain for the Jew’s difference and foreignness, sanctioned by the law, left enduring prejudices that can be easily fomented and steered by hatred even today. He had the courage to remind people that there would have been no racist or criminal ideologies if it weren’t for the Christian “teaching of contempt”.