Following up:

All of the articles Weblog posted yesterday about Christians and Jews have follow-up stories today:

• The Atlanta rabbi and the Methodist pastor who barred him from speaking at a school baccalaureate ceremony met for two hours yesterday in a sign of reconciliation. "I truly admire him for reaching out and trying to do the right thing," Rabbi Steven Lebow told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Our sadness is that the community has been torn apart by this." No apologies were offered either in private or in a public statement ("No one should be blamed for standing for what they believe, but no one should use their belief to hurt or destroy someone else"), but the two agreed to look for a joint project, such as building a Habitat for Humanity house, between Lebow's temple and the Methodist church. Meanwhile, Jewish coaches and parents have pulled out of the church's sports teams, a rabbi who taught Old Testament classes at the church quit, and other area Methodist pastors have criticized the decision.