The Judeo-Christian Fiction: Stop Claiming What Is Not Yours
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by Ram ben Ze’ev
In January 2020 I wrote Judeo-Christian Divide to address a growing falsehood: the claim that Judaism and Christianity share a common religious foundation. In the years since, that falsehood has not diminished. It has intensified. Today, ever more voices from foreign belief systems insist on associating themselves with Jews, with Israel, and with Judaism itself, as though repetition might somehow transform contradiction into truth.
It does not.
There is no such thing as a “Judeo-Christian tradition.” The phrase is a modern political invention, not a theological reality. It exists to lend legitimacy to a belief system that is fundamentally opposed to the Torah while seeking cover beneath it.
Judaism is not an abstract moral philosophy. It is not a set of “shared values.” It is not a cultural backdrop against which others may project their own doctrines. Judaism is a covenant, grounded in the commandments of G-D, revealed at Sinai, preserved through Torah, and lived through halakhah. It is indivisible, non-negotiable, and non-transferable.
Christianity, by contrast, is built upon the purported elevation of a man to the Divine. No matter how it is framed, refined, or philosophically defended, that act alone places it outside Judaism entirely. The Torah is explicit: G-D is One, incomparable, without form, without partner, without incarnation. To assign divinity to a human being is not a minor theological disagreement. It is the very definition of idolatry.
This is not polemic. It is definition.
And yet, Christianity persistently seeks association with Judaism. It speaks of “the Holy Land,” a term foreign to Torah and rooted in external theology, while denying the G-D Who gave Eretz Israel to Am Yisrael. It adopts Hebrew words stripped of their meaning. It aligns its festivals with Jewish times, not out of continuity, but to overwrite, replace, and appropriate. It presents its practices as a fulfilment of Judaism, while simultaneously rejecting the commandments that define Judaism in the first place.
This is not admiration. It is erasure by imitation.
The confusion is not accidental. By attaching itself to Judaism, Christianity attempts to borrow legitimacy, antiquity, and Divine authority. It wishes to appear as an extension of Torah rather than what it is: a departure from it. The insistence on the term “Judeo-Christian” is therefore not benign. It is strategic.
Judaism does not require validation from external belief systems. It does not need to be “completed,” “fulfilled,” or reframed. The Torah was not a draft awaiting revision. It was, and remains, the revealed will of G-D.
Others are free to practise as they choose. Judaism has never sought to coerce belief. But what must stop is the insistence on association. Do not speak in our name. Do not wrap foreign doctrines in Jewish language. Do not claim our land while denying our G-D. Do not borrow our festivals while rejecting our commandments. And do not tell Jews that their faith is merely a precursor to yours.
It is not.
Judaism stands on its own, as it always has: intact, uncompromised, and unapologetic. The boundary between Torah and idolatry is not blurred, no matter how often some would like to pretend otherwise.
Practise what you will. But stop claiming what is not yours.
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Bill White (Ram ben Ze'ev) is CEO of WireNews Limited, Mayside Partners Limited, MEADHANAN Agency, Kestrel Assets Limited, SpudsToGo Limited and Executive Director of Hebrew Synagogue
