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In Pope Francis, a voice for interfaith dialogue and against antisemitism

JL;DR SUMMARY Pope Francis, who passed away at 88, left a legacy of fostering interfaith dialogue and combating antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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VaticanPope FrancisAbraham Joshua HeschelInterfaith DialogueJewish InfluenceEmmanuel LevinasJewish Catholic RelationsAbraham SkorkaCardinal Zuppi

Places mentioned

Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina on Dec. 17, 1936, the future pope was psychoanalyzed by an unnamed Jewish woman psychiatrist in his homeland."
Bologna, Italy
"For example, there is Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy, and a close ally of Pope Francis."
Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
"In 2019, Tagle, then-archbishop of Manila, visited Beit Yaacov Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation in Makati, Metro Manila, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Israel-Vatican ties."
Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
"In 2019, Tagle, then-archbishop of Manila, visited Beit Yaacov Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation in Makati, Metro Manila, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Israel-Vatican ties."
Rome, Italy
"Yet another constructive, if underrecognized, activity last year was a shared research project, on the Ten Commandments and their Jewish and Christian interpretations, between the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and the Isaac Abarbanel University Institute in Buenos Aires, the first and only Jewish university in South America."
Israel
"Initiated at the behest of the pope himself, who during a trip to Israel made the first pilgrimage by any pontiff to the tomb of Theodor Herzl, this type of effort offers encouragement in the face of abiding misstatements and misunderstandings."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"Robert Gregory Bowers, perpetrator of the 2018 Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh."

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