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☆ Jewish groups criticize Pope on 'terrorism' remark, seek clarification
  + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Pope Francis speaks during the weekly general audience, at the Vatican, November 22, 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsVATICAN CITY, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Jewish groups have criticised Pope Francis and demanded clarifications over his comments that they saw as accusing both Hamas and Israel of "terrorism". Francis made the comments on Wednesday after meeting separately with Jewish relatives of hostages held by Hamas and with Palestinians with family in Gaza. In a toughly worded statement on Thursday, the Council of the Assembly of Italian Rabbis (ARI) accused the pope of "publicly accusing both sides of terrorism". But the AJC added: "Later in the day, he described the Israel-Hamas war as 'beyond war' as 'terrorism.'
Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, Simon Wiesenthal, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Philip Pullella, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Vatican, Handout, REUTERS, CITY, Hamas, Gunmen, Twitter, American Jewish Committee, Simon, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, St, Hamas, U.S, Nazi Germany, Ukraine
☆ Grieving and on edge, US Jews, Muslims seek solace as Hamas-Israel war rages
  + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Sharon Bernstein | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Friday services, highlighted by the main weekly prayers for Muslims and the start of the Jewish Sabbath at sundown, were the first since the massacre. Larry Mead, vice president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, said, "We are seeing the Jewish community is very apprehensive. "We're not going to cancel Shabbat," said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis. "And meanwhile, hundreds of innocent Palestinians are also losing their lives, trapped in Gaza as the war is just beginning." Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago CAIR chapter, said on Facebook he had also been talking with Jewish counterparts in the region, and took hope in the connections made.
Persons: Vered Levi, Josef Trommer, Evelyn Hockstein, Richard Priem, Motti Seligson, Larry Mead, We're, Joseph Potasnik, B'nai Avraham, Chabad, Rabbi Aaron Raskin, Beth Elohim, Diane Weber, Beth, Weber, Basim Elkarra, Elkarra, It’s, Ahmed Rehab, Sharon Bernstein, Donna Bryson, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Freedom, REUTERS, Rights, Jewish Federation of, New York, Tarbiya Institute, Islamic Relations, Chicago CAIR, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.S, Washington , U.S, Rights SACRAMENTO, Calif, United States, Gaza, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, California, Sacramento, Chicago
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