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September 11, 2016

Remembering 9/11, a rabbi and imam nurture interfaith friendships

A fireball erupts from the south tower of the World Trade Center as the second of two hijacked airlines crash into the building in the morning of September 11, 2001.

NEW YORK – Like many Americans, New York University chaplains Imam Khalid Latif and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna remember exactly where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. Both men say that day and its aftermath were pivotal in defining what they now see as their lives’ mission: to promote a vision for interfaith engagement based on personal relationships.

Published in International
April 20, 2015

Rome rabbi credited with fostering Jewish-Catholic relations dies

St. John Paul II greets Rabbi Elio Toaff in 1986 at Romeís main synagogue. Rabbi Toaff, who served as Rome's chief rabbi from 1951 to 2000, died April 19 at age 99.

VATICAN CITY - Rome's retired chief rabbi, who played a key role in fostering closer ties between Jews and Catholics, died April 19 at the age of 99.

Published in Vatican