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Jewish Cemeteries Become A Burden

04/07/2013 | JTA

Every month or so, a highly emotional email lands in the inbox of Martin Kornfeld, CEO of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Slovakia.

A Seder Comes To Szczecin

04/04/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Szczecin, Poland — The Jewish senior citizens, dressed in casual skirts and suits, began filing into the headquarters of this seaside Jewish community shortly before sunset on the first night of Passover last week.

What The Doctor Ordered: Resistance

04/04/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Galveston, Texas — At the start of a lecture to two dozen physicians, nurses and academics in a classroom at the University of Texas Medical Branch here one recent morning, Cheyenne Martin poses a question.

What The Doctor Ordered: Resistance

04/03/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Galveston -- At the start of a lecture to two dozen physicians, nurses and academics in a classroom at the University of Texas Medical Branch here one recent morning, Cheyenne Martin poses a question.

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.