Not all Jewish commentators are criticizing the new prayer. Take, for example, Hillel Halkin:
I must say that I find 21st century Jewish protests against such prayers, or other expressions of the Christian wish that Jews convert to Christianity, amusing. The era of the auto-da-fé is over. Atavistic reactions aside, it’s hard to see what makes major Jewish organizations like the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League repeatedly do such things as send frantic messages last week to the Vatican, demanding that it change a newly worded Good Friday mass…
Are the AJC and ADL worried that God might actually listen to such a prayer?
Good point.
