[af_vet_1981]

This is a deeply moving document. I recommend reading all of it.

1. "Nostra aetate" (No.4) is rightly counted among those documents of the Second Vatican Council which have been able to effect, in a particularly striking manner, a new direction of the Catholic Church since then. This shift in the relations of the Church with the Jewish people and Judaism becomes apparent only when we recall that there were previously great reservations on both sides, in part because the history of Christianity has been seen to be discriminatory against Jews, even including attempts at forced conversion (cf. "Evangelii gaudium", 248). The background of this complex connection consists inter alia in an asymmetrical relationship: as a minority the Jews were often confronted by and dependent upon a Christian majority. The dark and terrible shadow of the Shoah over Europe during the Nazi period led the Church to reflect anew on her bond with the Jewish people.

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[SeekAndFind]

I see no reason why one should consider it being hostile to Jews to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to them.

Preach the gospel to them, try to convince them that Jesus is not only their messiah but the messiah of the world.

It is up to them to accept or reject the message. Nobody should be coerced into believing ( because to do so would be meaningless ).

Above all, continue to show them love and respect even if they disagree with you.l

AND LEAVE THE RESULTS TO GOD.