K-Lo from NRO asks David Klinghoffer "Why Jews don't accept Jesus".

Actually, she interviews him about his upcoming book of the same story. Here's an appetizer:

KJL: How can the whole of Western Civilization rest on the rejection of Jesus?

DK: Because the earliest Christian church was initially hobbled by insisting that new converts adhere to Jewish law -- keep kosher, be circumcised, etc. For an adult man to be circumcised was a bummer, let me tell you. The decision was made, however -- at a church council in Jerusalem in 49 -- to jettison Jewish law as a requirement for new Christians. This was done at the apostle Paul's insistence, and he explains in Acts that since the Jews were rejecting his presentation of Jesus as savior and messiah, the Christian message would now be taken to the gentiles. Dispensing with Jewish practices like circumcision made this possible. Had the Jews not rejected Paul's preaching about Jesus, the church likely would have held on to those laws. Had it done so, the church would have remained hobbled, and could hardly have become the world-bestriding institution it is today.

Get the story here.

Mr. Klinghoffer is the honest friend everyone wants but no one admits to wanting around. He respects Christians. That's why he wants an honest relationship among Christians and Jews, even about the issues in which we disagree. I find that refreshing.

The fact is Christians and Jews share our relationship with God through the covenant established by Abraham. The Apostle goes to great lengths to demonstrate how God credited righteousness to the Patriarch on account of his faith. Indeed, even Abraham's attempted sacrifice of his son--interrupted at the last moment only by God's command through an angel--prefigure's God's own sacrifice of his Son on behalf of all sinners. The Jews draw their cultural patrimony from Abraham. His faithful response to God is what transforms him into the father of nations. Both Christians and Jews can thank Abraham for his response in Faith. This common ancestor of ours, culturally and religiously, ties us together today.

Therefore, we should make every effort to understand each other and maintain our mutual respect. Christians could not hope to be Christian were it not for the Jews, for Jesus Christ lived and died a Jew. Jews, on the other hand, share with Christians a faith in the one God. We share Tradition, moral and spiritual truth and a sense of mission. We need each other if we are to renew a world grown cold with the cancer of secularism.

Let's hope our walk together continues. Then, perhaps, we can live as true brothers in the Faith of our God, as we have been called to since long ago.