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The traditional menorah is placed in the Western Wall Plaza in preparation for Chanukah, Dec. 13, 2022. Credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

2,000 years later, search for Second Temple menorah continues

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The possibility that the menorah used in the Second Temple in Jerusalem is hidden deep in the cellars of the Vatican has excited researchers, rabbis and adventurers for generations. Let's jump to the latest development...
Pope Francis presides over Mass on Easter Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Altar of the Chair. Source: YouTube

The Vatican is risking its relationship with the Jewish world

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Relations between Israel and the Vatican have become tense in recent weeks. In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, an ecumenical group of...
Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Rome event to address Vatican’s ‘historical, theological controversies’ during the Holocaust

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Historians and theologians will gather in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University from Oct. 9 to Oct. 11 to discuss the meaning of documents about the Vatican’s activities during the Holocaust, which the pope...
St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, on Aug. 17, 2016. Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Vatican beatifies Polish family killed for protecting Jews during the Holocaust

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On Sept. 13, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Józef and Wiktoria Ulma—a Polish couple who hid eight Jews during the Holocaust—as among the Righteous Among the Nations. Now, the Vatican has beatified the Ulmas, as well...
Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he presents him with a plaque of the Ten Commandments, on June 9, 2022. Credit: Vatican Media.

At Vatican, Pope Francis discusses Holocaust, anti-Semitism with Dani Dayan

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Chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center in Jerusalem, Dani Dayan, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday. “I felt the weight of responsibility as someone who represents not only himself and...
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 30, 2017. Credit: Kremlin via Wikimedia Commons.

Vatican to US and Israel: Unilateral actions put peace at risk

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The Vatican announced on Wednesday that its top diplomat, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, had met with both the Israeli and American ambassadors to express the Holy See’s concern over Israel’s plan to...
A view of St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Vatican: US new stance on settlements undermines Israeli-Palestinian peace

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The Vatican said on Thursday that the announcement on Monday by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United States would no longer view Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as illegal under international law...
Rabbi Professor Avraham Steinberg at the presentation of a signed declaration to Pope Francis. Credit: Chief Rabbinate Spokesperson Kobi Alter.

Heads of three Abrahamic faiths sign historic document against ‘mercy killing’

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The heads of major monotheistic faiths signed a historic document at Vatican City in Rome on Monday that calls on doctors around the world not to assist in killing people, even if they are...
Pope Francis meets with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee in the Vatican on March 8, 2019. Credit: American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris via Twitter.

Pope Francis meets with American Jewish Committee delegation in the Vatican

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Pope Francis met with a delegation of 35 leaders from the American Jewish Committee on Friday in the Vatican, where he denounced anti-Semitism. “Your commitment to Jewish-Christian dialogue goes back to Nostra Aetate, a milestone...
Pope Francis I. Credit: Tânia Rêgo/ABr via Wikimedia Commons.

Pope Francis announces Vatican will open Holocaust-era archives

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Pope Francis announced on Monday that the Vatican archive surrounding the Holocaust when Pope Pius XII, who has been criticized for doing little to save Jews and for being silent during the atrocities, led the Catholic...