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Our Mission & Dream
Shabbat Shalom is first of all a Sabbath greeting; it intends to wish the peace of the Sabbath to each other, out of the rest and the quietness of that day, free from the urge of consumption or the tension of production and competition. It also refreshes our memory, helping us to remember that God is our common Creator and Father, and that His intention for humankind was our peace and happiness. It is interesting and not without significance that the Jewish-Christian separation started around the memory of the Sabbath. Indeed, when Christians forged a new theology of “replacement,” the New Testament replacing the Old Testament, Grace replacing Law, and Sunday replacing Sabbath, the germs of dissention were planted, and paved the way to interfaith conflicts that have since opposed the two communities.
The mission and the dream of the journal Shabbat Shalom are to repair this breach and work on the Jewish-Christian reconciliation, the Shalom, based precisely on the ground where it had been shattered, the Shabbat. For us then, Shabbat Shalom is more than a mere greeting. These words carry our dream and our action to promote a new relationship between Jews and Christians. It is our hope that Jews and Christians will some day be drawn back to their common roots, will listen to each other, learn from each other, and eventually discover a new face of their common God, who transcends cultures and traditions, the God of Creation, the God of Peace and Love, the God of Shabbat Shalom.
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