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Christian anti-Semitism

A statue of Jesus Christ on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP/Andrew Medichini, File)
March 8, 2026, 11:29 am
US right-wing schism over antisemitism puts ‘Christ is king’ at center of culture war
Phrase has increasingly been used by far-right figures as a hate meme targeting Jews, even as others use it as a sincere declaration of faith
By Peter Smith
Anne Doliwa, a Catholic pilgrim from California, visiting Rome with her family, in St. Peter’s Square on September 15, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
September 18, 2025, 11:40 am
In St. Peter’s Square, pilgrims hail new ‘Millennial’ saint, unaware of anti-Jewish undertones
Chief rabbi of Rome says it’s unsurprising many know little of the Church’s history of antisemitism, but focusing on newly canonized Carlo Acutis’s work is not the right way to address it
By Rossella Tercatin
Figurines of Carlo Acutis on sale in a souvenir shop in Assisi, where Acutis's body is on display, April 3, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
September 6, 2025, 8:04 am
First ‘millennial saint’ is about to be canonized for publicizing miracles with troubling past
On Sept. 7, Pope Leo XIV will confer sainthood on Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15 after platforming ‘bleeding host’ miracles. But a history of antisemitism clouds the fanfare
By Jules Gomes
File: Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros leads a celebration of St. Nicholas Day, at the St. Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center in New York on December 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
January 29, 2024, 4:50 am
High-ranking Christian prelate warns of spread of antisemitism by church officials
Greek Orthodox leader Archbishop Elpidophoros makes comments in Thessaloniki on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS
An outside view of Christ Church Cathedral, Anglican Gothic cathedral in Montreal, Canada, June 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
July 5, 2023, 2:09 pm
Anglican Church of Canada finalizes removal of prayer wishing for conversion of Jews
Ratifying a decision from 3 years ago, church will replace prayer with one calling for ‘Reconciliation with the Jews’; local rabbi hails ‘milestone in Anglican-Jewish relations’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
People take a knee as an organizer reads a prayer to the crowd of several hundred gathered during a Proud Boys rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on September 26, 2020 (Maranie R. STAAB / AFP)
May 21, 2023, 8:50 pm
A scholar sees a common root for antisemitism and racism: ‘Christian supremacy’
Polish-born academic Magda Teter’s new book, ‘Christian Supremacy,’ traces how a history of exclusion and dominance trickles down from Paul the Apostle to today’s Proud Boys
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Children using sticks to beat an effigy of Judas on Good Friday, April 19, 2019, in the town of Pruchnik, Poland. (Hubert Lewkowicz / AFP)
April 13, 2023, 8:08 pm
Burning Judas, deriding Jews: Antisemitic Easter traditions persist in Europe
Media and diplomatic uproars are not dissuading locals in the Netherlands and Poland from putting on religious events centered around anti-Jewish sentiment
By Canaan Lidor
Members of the Oberammergau Passion Play, which has been telling the New Testament story of Jesus’ death and resurrection since 1634, sing backstage in Oberammergau, Germany, July 12, 2022. (Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 18, 2022, 8:16 am
The director of Germany’s infamous Passion Play takes its antisemitism by the horns
Staged once a decade since the 17th century, the production brings visitors from around the world. The man directing it, Christian Stückl, says his changes are long overdue
By Toby Axelrod
Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England. (Wikimedia Commons)
July 14, 2021, 7:34 am
Church to apologize to UK Jews 800 years after laws that led to their expulsion
British Jewish leader says planned apology for antisemitic Synod of Oxford laws, which predated Church of England’s creation by centuries, is ‘better late than never’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A Judensau sculpture on display on the outer wall of the town church of St. Marien in Wittenberg, Germany, February 4, 2020. (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images/ via JTA)
June 26, 2020, 4:40 am
German church goes to high court to take down perverse anti-Semitic carvings
Landmark commissions are protecting Judensau, ancient sculptures depicting Jews engaged in sexual activity with pigs, dozens of which adorn churches that don’t want them
By Toby Axelrod
In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called 'Judensau,' or 'Jew pig,' sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
June 20, 2020, 2:41 am
German church covers anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ sculpture it was forced to keep
Stephan Church in city of Calbe barred from removing relief because building is a registered historical monument; pastor denounces carving as ‘an insult to Jewish citizens’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A sculpture depicting the so-called Judensau, or Jews' pig, adorns the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany, January 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File )
February 4, 2020, 8:31 pm
German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ relic
Court says Jewish plaintiff seeking removal of ‘Judensau’ sculpture didn’t prove that it is of ‘slanderous character’ or violates his rights
By Agencies
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