supersessionist bias, but it also writes israel out of its own story. ♪ rejoice ♪ rejoice ♪ emmanuel leightongest that this hymn carries the seed of contempt for the jewish people, the vast majority of people in our congregations would look at you as though you'd lost your mind. i mean, this is a hymn that has claimed the imagination that stirs very deep spiritual longings within the community. so i'm not suggesting that we delete or excise a hymn of tremendous power and beauty, but i am suggesting that the priest, the minister, the educators need to be much more intentional in using a hymn like this to teach our history and to cultivate an aptitude for self-criticism. it is a tragedy in the history of art to find that often christians portray jews in a disparaging way. and how is jesus depicted? as an ideal greek. one of the staples of medieval art were two figures -- the synagogue, synagoga, and the church, ecclesia, they are pictured as two women. and while there are many variants on the theme, in general, the church is presented as a woman who is erect and proud and triumphant. and the sy

supersessionist bias, but it also writes israel out of its own story. ♪ rejoice ♪ rejoice ♪ emmanuel leightongest that this hymn carries the seed of contempt for the jewish people, the vast majority of people in our congregations would look at you as though you'd lost your mind. i mean, this is a hymn that has claimed the imagination that stirs very deep spiritual longings within the community. so i'm not suggesting that we delete or excise a hymn of tremendous power and beauty, but i am suggesting that the priest, the minister, the educators need to be much more intentional in using a hymn like this to teach our history and to cultivate an aptitude for self-criticism. it is a tragedy in the history of art to find that often christians portray jews in a disparaging way. and how is jesus depicted? as an ideal greek. one of the staples of medieval art were two figures -- the synagogue, synagoga, and the church, ecclesia, they are pictured as two women. and while there are many variants on the theme, in general, the church is presented as a woman who is erect and proud and triumphant. and the sy