A group of leading modern Orthodox rabbis have issued a significant declaration on the Jewish approach to Christianity, describing it as a "gift to the nations".
Signed by more than 20 rabbis mainly from the United States and Israel, it calls on Jews and Christians to overcome historic fears in order to establish a "relationship of trust and respect".
It comes on the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Vatican declaration Nostra Aetate, which changed the course of Jewish-Christian relations by absolving Jews of collective responsibility for the death of Jesus.
While the Progressive rabbinate has often led the way in interfaith relations, the declaration is striking in coming from the Orthodox world.
