VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has said that Catholics should witness to their faith but not undertake organized efforts to convert Jews, a significant step forward in the once tense relations between the two faiths.
The document released on Thursday (Dec. 10) by the Vatican's Commission for Religious Relations With the Jews also pushed for greater efforts to fight anti-Semitism.
LAKEWOOD, N.J. — It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here. But Hanukkah? Not so much.
In this town of about 90,000 residents, including a large Jewish enclave, a complaint over a menorah set up beside a decorated Christmas tree in Town Square has triggered the menorah's removal and upset numerous residents and at least one downtown merchant, who says township officials acted rashly.
