<P> Through soul - searching in the aftermath of the Holocaust, "there was a revolution in Christian theology in America . (...) The greatest shift in Christian attitudes toward the Jewish people since Constantine converted the Roman Empire ." The rise of Christian Zionism--that is, religiously motivated Christian interest and support for the state of Israel--along with a growth of philo - Semitism (love of the Jewish people) has increased interest among American Evangelicals in Judaism, especially areas of commonality with their own beliefs (see also Jerusalem in Christianity). During the late 1940s, Evangelical proponents of the new Judeo - Christian approach lobbied Washington for diplomatic support of the new state of Israel . The Evangelicals have never wavered in their support for Israel . On the other hand, by the late 1960s Mainline Protestant denominations and the National Council of Churches were showing more support for the Palestinians than for the Israelis . Interest in and a positive attitude towards America's Judeo - Christian tradition has become mainstream among Evangelicals . </P> <P> The scriptural basis for this new positive attitude towards Jews among Evangelicals is Genesis 12: 3, in which God promises that He will bless those who bless Abraham and his descendants, and curse those who curse them (see also "Abrahamic Covenant"). Other factors in the new philo - Semitism include gratitude to the Jews for contributing to the theological foundations of Christianity and for being the source of the prophets and Jesus; remorse for the Church's history of anti-Semitism; and fear that God will judge the nations at the end of time on the basis of how they treated the Jewish people . Moreover, for many Evangelicals Israel is seen as the instrument through which prophecies of the end times are fulfilled . Great numbers of Christian pilgrims visit Israel, especially in times of trouble for the Jewish state, to offer moral support, and return with an even greater sense of a shared Judeo - Christian heritage . </P> <P> Response of Jews towards the "Judeo - Christian" concept has been mixed . In the 1930s, "In the face of worldwide antisemitic efforts to stigmatize and destroy Judaism, influential Christians and Jews in America labored to uphold it, pushing Judaism from the margins of American religious life towards its very center ." During World War II, Jewish chaplains worked with Catholic priests and Protestant ministers to promote goodwill, addressing servicemen who, "in many cases had never seen, much less heard a Rabbi speak before ." At funerals for the unknown soldier, rabbis stood alongside the other chaplains and recited prayers in Hebrew . In a much publicized wartime tragedy, the sinking of the Dorchester, the ship's multi-faith chaplains gave up their lifebelts to evacuating seamen and stood together "arm in arm in prayer" as the ship went down . A 1948 postage stamp commemorated their heroism with the words: "interfaith in action ." </P> <P> In the 1950s, "a spiritual and cultural revival washed over American Jewry" in response to the trauma of the Holocaust . American Jews became more confident to be identified as different . </P>

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