New York City has stepped up security at synagogues across the five boroughs as Jewish New Yorkers celebrate the High Holy Days.
Jewish Faith
Long Island Community Commemorates Two Years Since Oct. 7 Hamas Attacks
Before Oct. 7, 2023, Aviv Lapid described where she lived in Israel as being just a five-minute run from the Gaza Strip. Two years later, Lapid now refers to the space as “the distance between Hamas terrorists and my house.” Lapid told her story at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County on Oct. 5 during a commemoration ceremony marking two years since the Hamas attacks.
Catholic Parish Helped Families of Hostages During Texas Synagogue Standoff
At one point during the synagogue hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, interfaith leaders stationed at nearby Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church began discussing why bad things happen to good people.
Leaders Condemn Toppling of Menorah in Queens
Local religious, politicians, and community leaders met in Hollis Hills on Tuesday to denounce the desecration of a large menorah at the Chabad House of Eastern Queens during the start of Hanukkah.
Documentary Explores Life Of Key Figure In Catholic-Jewish Relations
When filmmaker Martin Doblmeier considers the interfaith growth between Catholics and Jews, Pope Francis’ October 2018 Angelus prayer for the 11 victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh comes to mind.
A Jewish Woman’s Journey Toward the Catholic Faith Amid Livestreamed Mass
For many Catholics, making the transition from in-person to livestreamed Mass during the pandemic has been a sobering experience. It has meant not being able to receive the Eucharist and participate in Mass with the rest of the faithful. That’s not Debbie Starkman-Zdyrko’s experience. She feels closer to her community and the Catholic faith now than she did before quarantine began.
Catholic, Jewish Leaders Mark 55th Anniversary of ‘Nostra Aetate’
The formal structures that sponsor Catholic-Jewish dialogue are important, but their decades of success have relied on strong personal friendships and mutual respect, both of which must continue to spread among all Catholics and Jews, officials involved in the dialogue said.
Analysis: 60 Years Ago, a Pope Met a Jewish Icon and the World Changed
In his first encyclical “Deus Caritas Est,” Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote that Christianity doesn’t begin with an idea or an ethical system, but an encounter with the person of Christ.
Only in Print: Research Shows Pope Pius XII Aided Jewish People During World War II | February 8, 2020
Gary Krupp, a co-founder of the Pave the Way Foundation, a Long Island-based organization that strives to promote understanding among people of different religions, says Pope Pius XII, did a lot to help Jewish people during World War II.
New York’s Guardian Angels Bolster Presence in Jewish Neighborhoods
Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, a volunteer organization known for patrolling New York City’s subways in the 1980s, never left the streets, but he and his group are back in a more prominent role, because of the spree of anti-Semitic crimes that have hit the area during the last month.