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Christian Friends and Foes of Israel
[Institute for Global Jewish Affairs] Interview with David R. Parsons - The Holocaust initiated a major change in thinking about the Jewish people in numerous Christian circles. To many it was clear that Christian anti-Semitic teachings had paved the way for the mass murders by the Nazis and their supporters. For centuries the Christian mainstream thought that the Jews were cursed to endless wanderings. It was the theological shock of the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 that challenged fundamental church teachings and doctrine concerning the Jewish people.