And is the Christian emphasis on salvation what we most need now, or is it the Jewish emphasis on redemption? Should we be talking about getting into heaven when, after so many thousands of years of human history, our earth still has genocide in Darfur, terrorism in the Middle East, and broken, lonely souls across the West?
Rather than worrying who needs to be converted to get into heaven, Christians and Jews should join together to create heaven here on earth.
The writer hosts a daily radio show in the US. He is working on a book about the Jewish life of Jesus.