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Is Pope Francis a model for our rabbis?

The shift in tone that Pope Francis is bringing to the Catholic Church has serious repercussions for people who follow that religion – and those of other faith systems.

Some Jews still upset as Pope readies U.S. visit

When news broke last year that Pope Benedict XVI was reviving an ancient prayer for the conversion of the Jews, the reaction in Jewish circles was outrage tempered by confusion.

Communal leaders warned that the move would deal a serious blow to the four decades of progress in Jewish-Catholic relations following Nostra Aetate — the landmark document that absolved the Jews of collective guilt for the killing of Jesus — unless the pope clarified how the prayer meshed with Catholic doctrine.

Interfaith panel wrestles with troubling texts:<BR>Will the real ‘chosen’ please rise?

Scholars, clergy and seminarians gathered this week at the Luxe Hotel to discuss troubling passages and ideas in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and ways of understanding them in modern times, as part of \”Troubling Traditions: Wrestling With Problem Passages,\” a conference co-sponsored by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University.

Sex and God

Of the three major monotheistic traditions, Judaism has arguably done the most admirable job of micromanaging our lust.That\’s why Judaism has been more agile than other religions at handling modernity\’s revolution in sexual mores.

‘Because Judaism Feels Right’

When 50-year-old Hector Ventura was a young boy growing up in El Salvador four decades ago, his mother would always talk about Jewish customs. Which was strange, because the Venturas were not Jewish. Like most of their neighbors, they were Catholic — not particularly devout but Catholics just the same.

The Greatest Game

We sat at my sister-in-law\’s kitchen table, 11 of us from three generations of my husband\’s family, absorbed by a wicked game of dreidel on the fifth night of Chanukah, howling with abandon and anticipation at each seemingly endless spin. My 10-year-old daughter, the youngest present, was killing us all, amassing huge quantities of chocolate gold.

Letters

Before we are relegated to yet another historical reference on the Canter\’s mural, let\’s hope the community mobilizes to at least make enough of an effort to slow down the gentrification of the area.

What Happened When Jews Stopped Being Jesus’ Killers

The Rev. Robert J. McNamara plans to do something this Friday evening that would have been unthinkable in the first 2,000 years of the Catholic Church: He\’s going to a synagogue.

More unthinkable, he\’s going to be delivering the Shabbat sermon.

Polish City Unveils Its Jewish History

Czestochowa is known around the world as the site of the Jasna Góra Monastery, a pilgrimage place for Poles and other Catholics who flock there to see the famous painting of the Black Madonna.

Cracking a Controversial ‘Code’

When Rabbi Rachel Bovitz sat down a few months ago to read the novel, \”The Da Vinci Code,\” she was curious about the buzz surrounding the controversial best-seller. But what she wasn\’t prepared for was how profoundly disturbing she would find the book.

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