International News

Rome’s Chief Rabbi In The Spotlight

03/28/2013 | Ari L. Goldman | Special To The Jewish Week

Rome — Ground zero for Catholic-Jewish relations is Rome, and the man at the center of it all is the city’s chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni.

As Jewish Leaders Meet With Pope, New Hopes On Pius XII Archives

03/20/2013 | Stewart Ain and Steve Lipman | Jewish Week staff

A dozen Jewish leaders and other clerics were invited to meet with Pope Francis one day after his inauguration Tuesday, among them the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, who said he hopes the pope will lift the “cloud” hanging over the Vatican.

Jerusalem Shop Pays 'Super' Fine Over Unlicensed Kippot

03/19/2013 | JTA

A Jerusalem shop settled out of court with two comic book companies that charged it sells unlicensed kippahs bearing the images of Superman and Spiderman.

Avi Binyamin, owner of the Kippa Man store on Ben Yehuda Street in central Jerusalem, will pay Marvel Comics and Warner Brothers $17,000 each for the unauthorized use of their superheroes' images. The companies had sued for about $27,000 in damages

Australia’s Voice For Orthodox Abuse Victims

03/19/2013 | Dan Goldberg/ JTA

Sydney — Menachem (Manny) Waks was on a leadership-training program in Israel in June 2011 when he made a decision that would radically change his life.

After Hugo

03/13/2013 | JTA

The eyes of a dead man stare at visitors passing through immigration at Simon Bolivar International Airport. They follow drivers making the trek along the tortuous four-lane highway through a mountain range leading to town. And they reappear at public spaces throughout this city.

New Pope Seen As Sensitive To Jewish Concerns

03/13/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

The selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to be the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church is being seen as a move that will continue to cement Catholic-Jewish relations.