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  • Pope John Paul II seated with Elio Toaff, the chief rabbi of Italy, in the Great Synagogue of Rome, April 13, 1986
    Pope John Paul II seated with Elio Toaff, the chief rabbi of Italy, in the Great Synagogue of Rome, April 13, 1986
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    When Pope John Paul II Came to the Great Synagogue of Rome

    The Polish prelate who fundamentally improved the long bitter relations between Jews and the Catholic Church

    byRiccardo Shemuel Di Segni
  • Marian Turski, aged 83, in January, 2010 in Warsaw.
    Marian Turski, aged 83, in January, 2010 in Warsaw.
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    A Stranger in Poland

    Marian Turski, the 91-year-old Polish Auschwitz survivor, on the new anti-Semitism, the moral force of lived experience, and the lingering power of humiliation

    byArmin Rosen
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    Elio Toaff, a Force for European Jewry, Dies at 99

    Rome’s former Chief Rabbi helped hide Jews during the Holocaust, initiated dialogue with Vatican

    byJonathan Zalman
  • A demonstration organized by the “Amici di Israele” (friends of Israel) on Oct. 7, 2010, in front of Temple of Hadrian in Rome.(Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)
    A demonstration organized by the “Amici di Israele” (friends of Israel) on Oct. 7, 2010, in front of Temple of Hadrian in Rome.(Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Amid Rising Anti-Semitism in Western Europe, Italian Jews Are Staging a Surprising Revival

    A strong communal response to a terrorist attack in the 1980s seeded a new generation of dynamic leaders

    byMichael Ledeen
  • Event recorded with the CMS detector in 2012, showing characteristics expected from the decay of the SM Higgs boson to a pair of Z bosons.
    Event recorded with the CMS detector in 2012, showing characteristics expected from the decay of the SM Higgs boson to a pair of Z bosons.
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    Encounters With the God Particle: The Higgs Boson Meets Organized Religion

    The Higgs boson, the pope, and the curious interaction between organized religion and big science

    byPaul Fishbane
  • The author's great-aunt, Stasia Szymanska, and cousin, Stasia’s grandson, Pawel Szymanski, on their farm in Chociszewo, Poland, where schoolteacher Wladyslaw Gugla hid during the war. They are both farmers and both live at the house.(Courtesy of the author)
    The author's great-aunt, Stasia Szymanska, and cousin, Stasia’s grandson, Pawel Szymanski, on their farm in Chociszewo, Poland, where schoolteacher Wladyslaw Gugla hid during the war. They are both farmers and both live at the house.(Courtesy of the author)
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    A Polish Village’s Secret

    A farming town hid a Jewish-born teacher during the Holocaust. I went to dig up what it had buried.

    bySuzanne Rozdeba
  • (Assad and Katsav at funeral of Pope John Paul II)
    (Assad and Katsav at funeral of Pope John Paul II)
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    Love and Distance in London

    Israel and Iran to be housed at opposite ends of the Olympic Village

    byAdam Chandler
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