What should Catholic children be taught about Judaism? Clare Jardine reflects on the common ground between the two religions and urges teachers to approach this complex topic with sensitivity Outside strasbourg Cathedral in France are sculptures, dating from the thirteenth century, which depict two figures – Ecclesia, representing the Church, and Synagoga, representing Judaism. Ecclesia stands triumphantly erect wearing a crown. In one hand she bears a cross; in the other, a chalice. Synagoga is a dejected figure, blindfolded, her staff broken and Torah falling to the ground. These two figures symbolise the negative views of medieval Christian theology of Judaism which formed the backdrop to anti-Semitism and persecution of Jews by Christians. Such visual images had a very pow