Well, it may be open to you. However, consider the following qoutes found at, "http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Ratzinger.html,
"Rabbi David Rosen, the international director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, said the choice of Ratzinger as Pope would bring continuity to Catholic-Jewish relations. “He has a deep commitment to this issue. And his own national background makes him sensitive to the dangers of anti-Semitism and the importance of Jewish-Catholic reconciliation,” Rosen said'
"Rabbi Israel Singer, chairman of the World Jewish Congress, called Ratzinger the architect of the “ideological policy to recognize, to have full relations with Israel.”"
"Cardinal Ratzinger played a key role on a number of issues related to Judaism and the Holocaust during the pontificate of John Paul II involved. For example, he personally prepared Memory and Reconciliation, the 1999 document outlining the church's historical “errors” in its treatment of Jews."
“He has shown this sensitivity countless times, in meetings with Jewish leadership and in important statements condemning anti-Semitism and expressing profound sorrow for the Holocaust,” said Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-Defamation League National Director. “We remember with great appreciation his Christmas reflections on December 29, 2000, when he memorably expressed remorse for the anti-Jewish attitudes that persisted through history, leading to ‘deplorable acts of violence’ and the Holocaust.
And finally, theres this from Israel Today,:
"But Israel’s former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau disagrees. “I think that Cardinal Ratzinger, Benedict XVI, is one of the greatest friends of Israel in the Catholic Church,” Rabbi Lau said. “It is my hope that the new pope will build bridges between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people.”
We'll see. We're all in this war together and the absence of Western religious institutions in the fight is distressing to say the least.