“Jewish Justice: Guyger, Forgiveness, and Christian Love” by Michael J. Broyde
Nathan S. Chapman asks the right question: “How can justice and forgiveness co-exist?” This problem is one to which the Jewish tradition has offered at least three different answers. None of these responses, however, focus on the deeply Christian idea of God’s love for us. On Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement, when according to rabbinic teachings Jews…