The Conversion of the Jews, Part II
Rob Eshman
October 7, 1999
Could there be a more fitting way to open an evening of Catholic-Jewish dialogue than by singing a gospel rendition of \”The Storm Is Passing Over\”?
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To Be or Not to Be
Matthew Dorf
August 12, 1999
Some Catholic and Jewish leaders are denouncing a campaign by Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center against elevating wartime Pope Pius XII to sainthood.
Dialogue in Distress
Jewish Journal
April 8, 1999
There\’s good news and bad news in Catholic-Jewish relations.
Papal Tiger
Jewish Journal
January 28, 1999
When the pope came to Missouri this week, the St. Louis archdiocese made sure to include several dramatic gestures of Catholic-Jewish friendship in his schedule.
The Cardinal Comes to the Board of Rabbis
Ruth Stroud
December 3, 1998
In a historic address to the Board of Rabbis of Southern California last week, Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, called for the elimination of centuries of Catholic and Christian anti-Semitic teaching and a new era of Catholic-Jewish understanding and cooperation.
Sisters Recapture Their Heritage
Naomi Pfefferman
September 24, 1998
Gloria Hernandez Trujillo, 51, grew up in what she thought was a traditional Catholic home in Monterey Park. Her mother sent the children to mass and catechism classes at Our Lady of Solitude church in East Los Angeles. Trujillo made her first communion at the age of 8, wearing the requisite white frilly dress. At 12, she was confirmed, like many of the Latino children in her Eastside neighborhood.
Remembering Poland’s Jews
William Yelles
May 7, 1998
Jewish roots in predominantly Catholic Poland can be traced back to the 11th century. But when an estimated 88 percentof the 3.3 million Jews in Poland died in the Holocaust, the country\’s thriving Yiddish theater, literature and culture ceased to exist as well.
How Jewish Fragmentation Alters Ties withCatholics
Jewish Journal
March 12, 1998
Interfaith understanding will take a big leapforward this spring.
On May 18, a group of 30 Jewish, Moslem andChristian scholars will gather at Auschwitz for a three-dayconference on religion and violence.
Madonna, Motherhood and Judaism
Yosef Israel Abramowitz
November 20, 1997
Dear Madonna:
Is it possible that I saw you at Sinai? The Jewish mysticaltradition, which you have been exploring, teaches that the souls ofall Jews for all generations — including converts to Judaism –stood at Mount Sinai when our covenant with God was affirmed. Couldthe Jewish soul of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone be trapped in thebody of a rebellious Catholic?
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