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Pope Francis on a visit to South Korea in 2014. (Korean Culture and Information Service/Jeon Han via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Will the next pope be good for the Jews?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox April 23, 2025April 23, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. It’s hard to guess what direction the Catholic church […]

A choir performs during the 2018 graduation for the Academy for Jewish Religion California. (Photo/Courtesy Academy for Jewish Religion California)
Posted inCalifornia

This L.A. rabbinical school is moving into a Catholic university

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS September 3, 2021September 8, 2021
black and white: a thin older man in white papal robes gazes out a window
Posted inFilm

Documentary questions WWII-era pope’s ‘Holy Silence’

by Dan Pine October 21, 2020
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel has been a presence at USF for years. (Photo/Courtesy Angel)
Posted inBay Area

Lesbian rabbi is Catholic University of San Francisco’s first rabbi-in-residence

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo July 23, 2019July 25, 2019
CNN anchor Jake Tapper is the brother of Swig Program director Aaron Hahn Tapper, and will speak at the program's 40th anniversary celebration April 22.
Posted inEducation

40 years of first Jewish studies program at a Jesuit university

by Rob Gloster April 16, 2018April 17, 2018
frances stands smiling in the sherith israel sanctuary with stained glass behind her
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This 98-year-old woman is converting to Judaism after lucky raffle win

by Rob Gloster June 21, 2017June 22, 2017

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