The Catholic Method
Rob Eshman
December 2, 2015
Just before the latest wave of religious fanaticism crashed against civilization, I was in Mexico City, talking about the last wave.
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‘No justification whatsoever’ for homelessness, Pope Francis says in Washington
Jewish Journal
September 24, 2015
Pope Francis met for lunch with 200 people who are homeless or living in poverty in Washington on Thursday and told them there was no social or moral justification for homelessness.
Christians and Jews, united in conversation and shared values
Jewish Journal
January 14, 2015
There exists a deep relationship between Judaism and Christianity rooted both in a shared history and religious values.
Rabbi Juan Mejia: From Catholicism to Judaism
Jewish Journal
August 6, 2014
Recently, Temple Ner Tamid in Downey hosted Juan Mejia, a rabbi who has been profiled in the New York Daily News and Israel’s Haaretz; the Jewish Daily Forward called him one of “America’s most inspirational rabbis.”
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond
Jewish Journal
May 21, 2014
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was praised by a Catholic cardinal and then blessed by a Mormon apostle.
Netanyahu-pope meeting at Vatican explores Middle East, papal trip to Israel
Jewish Journal
December 2, 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pope Francis in their first face-to-face meeting talked about the Middle East and plans for a papal trip to Israel, among other issues.
Federation project helps educators teach about Israel
Kylie Ora Lobell
November 13, 2013
For the past 10 years, the Holy Land Democracy Project, sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, has been taking educators from Catholic, charter and Protestant high schools throughout the Los Angeles region to Israel.
Francis pledges to further Jewish-Catholic dialogue
Jewish Journal
October 25, 2013
Pope Francis reaffirmed his commitment to fighting discrimination and furthering Jewish-Catholic dialogue.
Conversion: Erica Hooper
Kylie Ora Lobell
October 9, 2013
Falling in love with a Jewish man was Erica Hooper’s introduction to Judaism, but the religion’s ideals were ultimately what made her want to embrace it for life.
Venezuelan president: My grandparents were Jewish
Jewish Journal
May 14, 2013
Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, denying that his government has an anti-Semitic bent, said his grandparents were of Sephardic Jewish descent.
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