New pope has solid relationships with Argentina’s Jewish community

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Jewish Weekly:

New pope has solid relationships with Argentina’s Jewish community

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinian cardinal who was elected pope this week and has taken the name Francis I, is said to have a good relationship with Argentinian Jews.
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio, 76, attended Rosh Hashanah services at the Benei Tikva Slijot synagogue in September 2007.

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In 2005, Bergoglio was the first public personality to sign a petition for justice in the AMIA bombing case. He also was one of the signatories on a document called “85 victims, 85 signatures” as part of the bombing’s 11th anniversary. In June 2010, he visited the rebuilt AMIA building to talk with Jewish leaders.
Israel Singer, the former head of the World Jewish Congress, said he spent time working with Bergoglio when the two were distributing aid to the poor in Buenos Aires in the early 2000s, part of a joint Jewish-Catholic program called Tzedaka.

This sounds good esp. given all the unfair criticism Benedict XVI underwent.

Q: Tzedaka = holiness – holy ones??

 

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Jewish Weekly:

This sounds good esp. given all the unfair criticism Benedict XVI underwent.

Q: Tzedaka = holiness – holy ones??

Giving the meaning below & backed up from a few websites I think it has something to do with charitable donations for those worse off i.e. the poor, the lame etc.

tze·da·kah
/tsiˈdôkə/
Noun
(among the Jews) Charitable giving, typically seen as a moral obligation.

Given the first few days of Pope Francis the I my family and I are very excited about the coming years… May God Bless him