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Mauricio is married to a Jewish woman and in real life you are as well. Was that written...
...where he finds her on trial as a war criminal, which shocks him beyond measure. He also - quite belatedly - discovers that she is illiterate and that her shame at that condition probably, in some way that is not clear to us (or her), contributed to her wartime depredations against Jewish women she was transporting on a death march. Still later (and now played by Ralph Fiennes), Michael supplies her with the books she painfully learns to read during her imprisonment, though he otherwise keeps her at a wary distance. Eventually, she comes to a sad and not entirely predictable ending...
...Harvard Republican Club, the Asian American Association, the Environmental Action Committee, Strong Women Strong Girls, the South Asian Men’s Collective, the Black Men’s Forum, and Perspective Magazine. Schwartz and Biggers have been endorsed by the Black Students Association, Freeze Magazine, and the Progressive Jewish Alliance. Late last night, The Crimson endorsed the Schwartz-Biggers ticket, citing the candidates’ diverse backgrounds and the strength of their platform...
...should not kill" Jews he still wanted them to be miserable - to "survive but not thrive" - as an example of what happens to people who do not accept Christ? "Do not kill them" is from Psalm 59, which Augustine uses to argue that Christians should not "kill" the Jews' Jewish traditions because they come from God. He believes that God himself maintained the Jews' existence as a people because their devotion to the Torah broadcast the antiquity and authenticity of the Jewish Bible, which Augustine held contained prophecies of Christ. So yes, he thought the Jews should survive...
Does your history of Augustine and the Jews have any relevance for modern Christians and Jews? I think so. In a fairly dark history of Christian-Jewish relations, his theology turns out to be one of very few bright lights. All of these ancient Christian-Jewish interactions are more complex and interesting than are the received ideas about them. Our lives are still shaped by this history, so it's important to get it right. And if modern Jews and Christians, attempting interfaith dialogue, find in Augustine a precedent for common ground, that would make me really happy. It would...