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The congresswoman from New York received the Eishet Chayil Award from the Chabad of Stamford, Conn.
Dani Dayan said that he and the pontiff “addressed the alarming rise in antisemitism worldwide and the urgent need for coordinated, decisive action to confront it.”
Anthony Albanese downplayed the hecklers’ reception, saying the overall atmosphere was “incredibly positive.”
“If it’s something that families are attuned to, then I think it may be a good way to engage the kids on that level,” Rabbi Steven Burg, of Aish, told JNS.
Nathan Diament, of the Orthodox Union, told JNS that the statement “could not come at a more important time with bad actors weaponizing Catholicism to spread antisemitic views.”
“The Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, is also closed” due to the wartime cross-country restrictions, the American diplomat stressed.
The Pope appealed “in the name of the Christians of the Middle East and of all women and men of goodwill” for the war to stop.
Official P.A. TV claimed that the limitations were geared to enable Jews to carry out a Passover sacrifice.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom “has helped shape U.S. foreign policy by exposing the world’s most egregious violations of religious freedom,” Sen. Ted Budd told JNS.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says the department has failed to adequately protect people fleeing religious persecution and to penalize violators of religious freedom.
“You can hear the disdain and disrespect shown to the beautiful Jewish families across Belgium,” said Bill White, of comments calling mohels “butchers by day” who circumcise as a “side job.”
The concurrent resolution “supports and encourages practices that exemplify religious freedom in public spaces.”
