Given both faiths are facing enemies on all sides; i.w., godless fascism/socialism/communism on one side and mohamedism on the other, we’d better combine forces to survive. It’s going to be a long struggle.
According to Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, one of the statementâs initiators, the âreal importance of this Orthodox statement is that it calls for fraternal partnership between Jewish and Christian religious leaders, while also acknowledging the positive theological status of the Christian faith.â