Christopher at Against the Grain provides an excellent roundup of various statements the then-Cardinal Ratzinger made in the past concerning the Jewish people. Christopher also has up the Pope Benedict XVI Fan Club page and I just have to get me one of those "Cafeteria Is Closed" large coffee mugs.
Amy Welborn posts a part of today’s General Audience where the Pope explains the reason he choose Benedict. To see a video of this event go to tv.reuters.com and look under Channel and Vatican for "Pope’s First General Audience."
Both Tom at Disputations and Oswald Sobrino of Catholic Analysis of the concept that the new Pope thinks that the Church must become smaller and purer.