A group of rabbis and scholars of
Jewish-Christian dialogue have written to the Pope thanking him
for stretching out his hand to the Jewish religious world at a
time of great suffering amid the Middle East crisis.
"We are comforted by the fact that you have extended your hand
to the Jews of the entire world, and in particular to those of
Israel, at this time of great suffering," they write,
emphasising "also your commitment to actively oppose
anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism, which in recent times have taken
on dimensions unknown to most of us during our lifetime."
The letter, which Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano reports on
its front page, is signed by Jehoshua Ahrens (Frankfurt/Berne),
Yitz Greenberg (Jerusalem/New York) and David Meyer
(Paris/Rome), as well as Karma Ben Johanan (Jerusalem) and Malka
Zeiger Simkovich (Chicago).
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