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Religion is evolving to become more tech-friendly. Facebook added a prayer feature. Zoom minyans have become the norm for many. And the pope had launched a Netflix show. Yes, we’re talking about the real pope here, not one of the several fictionalized shows about the pontiff. Pope Francis is hosting a Netflix show. “Stories of…
(JTA) — From his frequent denunciations of anti-Semitism to his close friendship with an Argentine rabbi, Pope Francis has long been a friend of the Jews. As some of his fans were reminded this week, he also admires the way Jews observe Shabbat, the weekly day of rest. Footage of him praising the tradition in…
Over a 75 years after Nazis conducted mass deportations of Roman Jews to Auschwitz, we may finally learn why Pope Pius XII, heralded by some as a man who quietly saved Jewish lives and dubbed “Hitler’s Pope” by others, did not speak up on their behalf. On March 2 Pius XII’s archives will be made…
(JTA) – A week before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis renewed his condemnation of anti-Semitism, decrying its “barbaric resurgence.” Francis was addressing a delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center that met with him at the Vatican on Monday. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed in Italy and throughout the world on Jan. 27 –…
(JTA) — Pope Francis denounced the current rise of anti-Semitism and spoke against new persecutions against Jews. Speaking Tuesday at the Vatican, the Argentina-born pope improvised his comment outside his prepared remarks at his weekly papal audience. “I would like to make a separate note. The Jewish people have suffered so much in history, they…
Roughly 3,500 years into the great experiment known as Judaism, and things are going better than we could have possibly imagined and more painfully than we might have hoped. We’re rocking a rich global culture, an independent Jewish state, and nifty inventions like Google and braided egg bread. We Jews also continue to experience vile…
Pope Francis on Sunday strongly condemned the attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh, calling for the stamping out of “hotbeds of hate” and for stronger moral and civil values. Speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square after a Mass, Francis said that Saturday’s attack, in which 11 worshippers were killed and six others injured, was…
(JTA) — Pope Francis prayed at the site of the former Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania on the 75th anniversary of its liquidation. He offered the prayers on Sunday in the presence of survivors and Jewish community leaders at the site. He also led a mass for more than 100,000 in Kaunaus, the second largest city…
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Dec 7, 2022
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A conversation with Julia Haart and her son Shlomo, stars of Netflix's 'My Unorthodox Life,' about the new season and much more.
