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Vatican and Rome's Jewish Museum Team Up for Menorah Exhibit
by Elisabetta Povoleto

The New York Times    Translate This Article
21 February 2017

On 21 February 2017 The New York Times reported: Rome's Jewish community and the Vatican have teamed up to produce an exhaustive exhibition on the menorah* . . . an enduring symbol of Jewish culture and religion, in a collaboration that leaders of the two communities described as a further step in solidifying their ties. 'This is a historic event,' Ruth Dureghello, the president of Rome's Jewish community, said at a news conference on Feb. 20. The menorah has connections to Rome, she added, 'so such an important exhibit could only start here.' Jews and Catholics have a long history of mutual suspicion and conflict, but relations between the two religions have been increasingly positive [in the last fifty years]. The exhibit, 'Menorah: Worship, History, Legend,' which includes about 130 artifacts, will open in May and will be presented at the Vatican Museums and at Rome's Jewish Museum. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of culture, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

The collaboration between the two institutions will finally transform longstanding dialogue into something 'concrete,' Ms. Dureghello said. More than three years in the making, the project is a 'sign of fruitful collaboration between our two communities,' said Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, the president of the governorate of the Vatican City State.

In 1965, the Vatican issued 'Nostra Aetate,' a landmark document that condemned anti-Semitism. Pope John Paul II, the first modern pope to pray in a synagogue, made an effort to improve the relationship, as have his successors, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.

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* 'Menorah' refers to a seven-branched gold candelabrum used in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, looted by the Romans in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. It is also a candelabrum used in modern Jewish worship to celebrate Hanukkah.

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