Post-Holocaust Theology and Interreligious Relations

Learn more about the seismic shifts in theology and practice that have taken place in many Christian traditions in the wake of the Holocaust and as a result of postwar Jewish-Christian relations, as well as postwar Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. 

Holocaust Encyclopedia

• Antisemitism in History: From the Early Church to 1400

• Blood Libel

Tools for Classrooms and Communities

• History of Antisemitism film

• Podcast with Susannah Heschel, Voices on Antisemitism Podcast, 2007.

• “Religion and Identity.” Teaching about Antisemitism: Educational Modules based on Audio Podcasts.

Past Museum Programs

• Antisemitism, Christianity and the Holocaust Reckoning with the Past and Working in the Present, Virtual panel discussion co-hosted by the Washington National Cathedral, Oct. 14, 2021.

• “Religious Persecution 75 years after the Holocaust.” Public Program, 2020.

• “What Did Faith Communities Stand For?” Public Program, 2017.

• Mehnaz Afridi. “Redefining Antisemitism Through the Stories of Jews and Muslims during the Holocaust.” Mona and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture, 2016.

• Susannah Heschel. “Jewish-Christian Dialogue in the Postwar Era.” (Audio) Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture, 2013.

External Resources

• American Academy of Religion (AAR)

• Conference of Center on Jewish-Christian Relations (CCJR)

• Dialogika (Online Library of Jewish-Christian Documents)