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The Italian Jewish community has expressed dismay and unease following Pope Francis’ decision to display a Nativity scene in the Vatican featuring the infant Jesus resting on a cloth evocative of the Palestinian keffiyeh. This\u00a0is not new within ecclesiastical contexts, but the latest instance is seen as \u201cparticularly troubling\u201d because \u201cthe protagonist is the Pope\u201d and it comes \u201cat a time when we are facing challenges on many fronts in our relations,\u201d said Giuseppe Momigliano, Chief Rabbi of Genoa and Religious affairs officer for the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI).
\nRepresenting Jesus with the keffiyeh, Rabbi Momigliano argued, is \u201canother step to strip him of his historical identity of belonging,\u201d a move that undermines interfaith dialogue and \u201cdoes not help to stop antisemitism.\u201d He also criticized portraying the keffiyeh as a symbol of universal suffering: \u201cAt best, it represents the suffering of only one side; it is unilateral.\u201d
\nThis controversy arises as preparations are underway for the annual Day for deepening and developing Catholic-Jewish dialogue on January 17, which this year focuses on the Jubilee in the two religious traditions. \u201cAs Italian rabbis, we need to reflect on how best to approach this occasion,\u201d Rabbi Momigliano stated. \u201cThe dialogue channel with the Italian Episcopal Conference remains open, although certain attitudes taken by the Pope do not contribute\u2014whether explicit or symbolic.\u201d
\n\u201cDismay\u201d is the word used by Marco Cassuto Morselli, President of the Federation of Jewish-Christian Friendships in Italy. Cassuto Morselli noted his concern because \u201crediscovering the Jewishness of Jesus is one of the great innovations of Jewish-Christian dialogue\u201d in recent years. The Jewishness of Jesus, for example, is highlighted in the \u201cSixteen notes for understanding Judaism,\u201d jointly prepared by the Italian Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEI) and the UCEI, and referenced during the recent Jewish-Christian Colloquium in Camaldoli.
\nCassuto Morselli also pointed to the 1985 Vatican document Sussidi (Guidelines) for the correct presentation of Jews and Judaism in Catholic teaching and preaching, which states, \u201cJesus is Jewish and remains so forever.\u201d The Catholic Church saw the need to make this point because, as the CEI-UCEI materials explain, \u201cfor centuries, Jesus was dejudaized, Hellenized, Latinized, Europeanized, and dehistoricized, prompting the recent need to return him to his origins.\u201d These origins, he concluded, are now being called into question once again, \u201cin the shadow of the keffiyeh.\u201d
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\nAdam Smulevich<\/strong>
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