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  • Rabbi mends fences: Visits Armenian Patriarch in Jerusalem

    Anglican Journal, Canada
    March 2005

    Rabbi mends fences
    ENI

    Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi has paid an unprecedented official
    visit to the headquarters of the Armenian Patriarch in Jerusalem in
    what is seen as a drive by Israeli officials to improve
    Jewish-Christian relations in the Holy Land.
    Rabbi Yona Metzger, one of two chief rabbis, made the visit as
    part of a series of meetings with Christian leaders to mend relations
    after a Jewish seminary student attacked an Armenian archbishop last
    year. It was the first time an Israeli chief rabbi had visited the
    Armenian patriarchate.
    A Jewish seminary student last year pushed and spat on an
    Armenian archbishop as he led a religious procession to the Church of
    the Holy Sepulchre, a site in Jerusalem commemorating Jesus'
    crucifixion and burial.
    The student, who later apologized to the cleric, said he
    attacked the archbishop because he was offended by his holding of a
    crucifix, which for some Jews has come to symbolize centuries of
    Christian persecution.
    The incident raised an outcry in Israel and officials and
    religious leaders warned of the need to instil greater tolerance
    among the country's youth.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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