Pope in Israel highlights dramatic advances in Jewish-Catholic relations, but bumps remainIn a wall of the tiny museum at Rome’s majestic central synagogue hangs a copy of the 1555 edict of Pope Paul IV that confined the Jews to the ghetto, branding them as killers of Christ. Benedict follows John Paul’s footsteps in Holy Land but times have changedVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI begins a weeklong tour in the Middle East on Friday, a self-described “pilgrim of peace” seeking to strengthen frayed ties with Muslims and Jews and give support to his beleaguered Christian flock in the region. Struggle for survival: Yemen’s ancient Jewish community feels growing Muslim hostilityKHARIF, Yemen — In this village in northern Yemen, where a kosher butcher slaughters chickens and the school bus carries young boys in side curls along a dirt track to their Hebrew studies, one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Arab world is fighting for its survival. Former synagogue of renowned late Orthodox rabbi slated for destruction in BelarusLUBAN, Belarus — The roof has been removed and the windows stripped of their frames and glass. Piece by piece, workers are tearing down the former synagogue where a renowned rabbi served before fleeing the Soviet Union for New York in 1936. |
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