Israel’s chief rabbis to meet with pope Thursday
JPost
Israel’s two chief rabbis will meet with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a landmark Vatican document on relations with Jews, and will likely appeal for his support in fighting anti-Semitism and terrorism, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See said.
Israel needs the Vatican’s support at “this very dire hour” now that it has completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Ambassador Oded Ben-Hur said on Wednesday.
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, and the Sephardic chief rabbi, Shlomo Amar, will call on the pope at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo in the hills south of Rome, the ambassador said.
