Editing Jean-Marie Lustiger (section)

===Relations with the Jewish world===
Along with Cardinal [[Francis Arinze]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/barinze.html|title=Francis Cardinal Arinze [Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref> and Bishop [[Jean-Baptiste Gourion]] of Jerusalem, Lustiger was one of only three prelates of his time who were converts to the Catholic faith; he and Gourion were the only two who were born Jewish and still considered themselves "Jewish" all their lives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/6972?eng=y|title=Arab Patriarch Sabbah has an Auxiliary - But He Speaks Hebrew|last=Internet|first=Elemedia S.p.A. - Area|website=chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgour.html|title=Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gourion [Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref> He said he was proud of his Jewish origins and described himself as a [[Supersessionism|"fulfilled Jew"]], for which he was chastised by Christians and Jews alike. Former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel [[Yisrael Meir Lau]] publicly denounced Lustiger. Lau accused Lustiger of betraying the Jewish people by converting to Catholicism, <ref>[http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/camps/auschwitz/ftp.py?camps/auschwitz//press/archbishop-converted  Archbishop's Israel visit prompts betrayal charges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914200016/http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/camps/auschwitz/ftp.py?camps/auschwitz//press/archbishop-converted |date=2007-09-14 }}, 26 April, [[Reuters]] mirrored by [[Nizkor Project]] {{in lang|en}}.</ref> alongside another rabbi {{who|date=September 2024}} who accused him of causing more harm than Adolf Hitler by converting to Christianity.<ref>[https://www.calameo.com/books/005295962b62c6ea708ea Extrait - Jean-Miguel Garrigues - L'impossible substitution. Juifs et chrétiens (Ier-IIIe siècles)]</ref> Lustiger, who claimed that he was still a Jew, considered [[Who is a Jew?|being "Jewish"]] as an ethnic designation and not exclusively a religious one. Lustiger's [[Zionism|strong support]] for the State of Israel, conflicting with the Vatican's officially neutral position, also won him Jewish support.

On becoming Archbishop of Paris, Lustiger said:

<blockquote>I was born Jewish and so I remain, even if that is unacceptable for many. For me, the vocation of Israel is bringing light to the ''[[goyim]]''. That is my hope and I believe that Christianity is the means for achieving it.</blockquote>

The former [[chief rabbi]] of France, Rabbi René Samuel Sirat, says he personally witnessed Lustiger entering the synagogue to recite ''[[kaddish]]''—the Jewish mourners' prayer—for his mother.<ref>Daniel Ben Simon, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316194416/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/890521.html 'He'd say kaddish for his mother'], ''[[Haaretz]]'', 7 August 2007 {{in lang|en}}</ref>

Cardinal Lustiger gained recognition after negotiating in 1987 with representatives of the organized Jewish community (including [[Théo Klein]], the former president of the [[Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France|CRIF]])<ref name="Klein">Théo Klein, [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3232,36-942870,0.html Aron-Jean-Marie Lustiger, mon cousin]{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Le Monde]]'', 8 August 2007 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> the departure of the [[Carmelite nuns]] who built a convent in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] (''see [[Auschwitz cross]]'').<ref name=Fig/><ref name=IHT/> He represented Pope John Paul II in January 2005 during the 60th-year commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz camp by the [[Allies (World War II)|Allies]].<ref>[http://www.zenit.org/article-9568?l=french Auschwitz : « Il n’est permis à personne de passer avec indifférence »] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211021/http://www.zenit.org/article-9568?l=french |date=2007-09-30 }}, ''[[Zenit News Agency|Zenit]]'', 27 January 2005 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> He was also in [[Birkenau concentration camp|Birkenau]] along with the new [[Pope Benedict XVI]] in May 2006.<ref>[http://www.zenit.org/article-12902?l=french Auschwitz: Benoît XVI évoque d’emblée « les victimes de la terreur nazie »] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235204/http://www.zenit.org/article-12902?l=french |date=2007-09-27 }}, ''[[Zenit News Agency|Zenit]]'', 25 May 2006 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

In 1995, Cardinal Lustiger attended the reading of an act of repentance with a group of French rabbis, during which Catholic authorities apologized for the French Church's passive attitude towards the [[collaborationism]] policies enacted by the [[Vichy regime]] during World War II.<ref name=IHT/>

In 1998, Lustiger was awarded the [[Nostra Aetate Award|''Nostra Aetate'' Award]] for advancing Catholic-Jewish relations by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, an [[Religious pluralism|interfaith]] group housed on the campus of [[Sacred Heart University]], a Catholic university at [[Fairfield, Connecticut]], in the United States. The [[Anti-Defamation League]], a Jewish civil rights group, protested the award, saying it was "inappropriate" to honor Lustiger, who was born a Jew but left the faith. "It's fine to have him speak at a conference or colloquium," said the league's national director [[Abraham Foxman]]. "But I don't think he should be honored because he converted out, which makes him a poor example." In France, however, Lustiger enjoyed good relations with the Jewish community. Théo Klein observed that although [[religious conversion|conversions]] usually carry negative connotations in the Jewish world, it was not so with the Cardinal.<ref name="Liberation">Catherine Corroler, "Jean-Marie Lustiger, mort d'un cardinal d'action" in ''[[Libération]]'', 6 August 2007 [http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/societe/270829.FR.php Read here]  <!-- link may rot; see [[link rot]] -->{{in lang|fr}}</ref> Klein called Lustiger "his cousin".<ref name=Klein/>

In 2004 and 2006, Lustiger visited New York and included visits to the [[Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)|Bobover Rebbe]] (who blessed him), [[Yeshiva University]], [[JTSA]], and [[Yeshivat Chovevei Torah]] where he addressed the students and faculty along with fellow visiting European bishops.

The [[World Jewish Congress]] paid homage to him after his death.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929142439/http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-06-2007/0004640167&EDATE= Statement of the World Jewish Congress on the Death of French Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger], PRNewswire-USNewswire, 6 August 2007 {{in lang|en}}</ref>