BOB ABERNETHY: Growing reaction this week, pro and con, among both Jews and Christians through a controversial new statement on Jewish-Christian relations published last week. The document is called "Dabru Emet," or "Speak the Truth," and it's a public reappraisal of Christianity endorsed by scholars from all of the four major divisions of Judaism. "Dabru Emet" was written as a direct response to Christian apologies for past mistreatment of Jews.

"Dabru Emet" was widely praised at meetings with scholars and rabbis in Baltimore. The Institute for Christian and Jewish Study, which sponsored the document, hopes it will open a new era of interfaith relations. But some of the statements in "Dabru Emet" and much of its language are being challenged.

Rabbi JAMES RUDIN (American Jewish Committee): The paragraph, which is the single most important paragraph of the entire document, is both inadequate and inaccurate, and that's the paragraph dealing with the Holocaust.

ABERNETHY: "Dabru Emet" states that Nazism was, "not a Christian phenomenon." Rabbi James Rudin wants stronger language reflecting what he sees as Christian responsibility for the Holocaust.

Rabbi RUDIN: The Holocaust and the role of the churches and Christianity in the Holocaust and leading up to it is the single-most significant issue in inter-religious affairs, in Christian relations, and I was disappointed and -- with this paragraph and that prevented me from putting my name to it.