Jewish community
In a Ukrainian librarian’s matzo, a story of Passover freedom
By Alex Weisler — March 29, 2021
(RNS) — An 89-year-old's journey teaches us to share our freedoms to build meaningful community.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting shakes the city’s iconic Jewish neighborhood
By Ben Sales — October 29, 2018
(JTA) — In many other cities, historic Jewish communities have moved to other neighborhoods or to the suburbs, but Squirrel Hill and its immediate environs have remained the home of Pittsburgh’s Jews.
DC’s Bible museum hires a Jewish exhibits director as it overhauls staff
By Yonat Shimron — October 10, 2018
(RNS) — The hiring of Rena Opert may be a symbolic gesture for a museum that says it is committed to presenting an inclusive view of the Bible.
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories roil DC city government
By Yonat Shimron — May 2, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The issue nearly derailed a City Council meeting Tuesday (May 1) and resulted in the resignation of a city official who organized a disastrous 'unity rally' that featured a speaker who called all Jews 'termites.'
Steven Spielberg movie to examine notorious Catholic kidnapping of Jewish boy
By Josephine McKenna — February 23, 2017
BOLOGNA, Italy (RNS) The film is certain to cast fresh light on this real-life drama about a 6-year-old forced from his family and raised as a Catholic with the blessing of Pope Pius IX. The child grew up to become a priest.
First synagogue in 500 years to open in Sicily
By Josephine McKenna — January 11, 2017
ROME (RNS) At an official ceremony to be held Thursday (Jan. 12), the Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo will transfer to the Jewish community a chapel, the Oratory of Santa Maria al Sabato.
Exhibit recounts St. John Paul II’s relationship to Jewish community
By Rosie Scammell — July 29, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Through old photographs, videos and documents, the English-language displays recount the life of John Paul II from his early years in Wadowice, a city in southern Poland, where he grew up in an apartment owned by a Jewish family.
France’s new chief rabbi calls for inclusiveness
By Elizabeth Bryant — June 23, 2014
PARIS (RNS) The election of Rabbi Haim Korsia comes during a deeply troubled time for France's Jewish community, the largest in Europe.
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