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well-worn—and newly emerging—antisemitic tropes and dynamics, so that Jews end up being betrayed and harmed, yet again, by the church.
Historically, theologically and morally the image of ‘baby Jesus in the rubble’ must be handled with care. It can be a beautiful, poignant and challenging image that speaks of God’s saving love and closeness to all people in their human fragility, including Palestinian children suffering in a war zone. Or it can become an antisemitic icon and a travesty of the Christmas message.
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