Abstract
This chapter examines the impact of Vatican II on the Church’s renewed relationship with Judaism. It will critically assess the conciliar document Nostra Aetate, and the postconciliar document We Remember, which both attempt to address a history of discord between Catholics and Jews. The chapter will analyse the social contexts in which Catholic–Jewish relations have existed, examining Bauman’s theory of the Holocaust as an outcome of modernity, and assessing how the Civil Rights movement, which was gaining momentum in the 1960s, had a positive influence on the Vatican council’s desire for improving relations with Judaism. The chapter argues that although there is room for further improvement in Catholic–Jewish relations, the impact of the social changes of the 1960s, along with the new agenda set by the council, has created opportunities for greater understanding between Catholicism and Judaism.
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