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PITTSBURGH (CNS) – In an honor rarely conferred on people of other faiths, Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl invested Rabbi Walter Jacob, rabbi emeritus of Rodef Shalom Congregation, into the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
The knighthood was granted through the late Pope John Paul II. The ceremony in mid-June formed part of a daylong tribute to Rabbi Jacob celebrating his 50 years of service to Rodef Shalom in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood and his 75th birthday.
Rabbi Jacob, who retired eight years ago, is a native of Germany and the 18th generation of his family to enter the rabbinate. In retirement, he has played a key role in restoring Reform Judaism in Germany, where he lives for part of each year and where he serves as chief rabbi of Munich.
The papal honor, Bishop Wuerl said, “is an acknowledgment by the church of the personal character and honorable reputation, together with the generous use of personal talents and gifts for the good of the church, the faith and the good of the wider community of all of God’s children.”
catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20050722.htm
The knighthood was granted through the late Pope John Paul II. The ceremony in mid-June formed part of a daylong tribute to Rabbi Jacob celebrating his 50 years of service to Rodef Shalom in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood and his 75th birthday.
Rabbi Jacob, who retired eight years ago, is a native of Germany and the 18th generation of his family to enter the rabbinate. In retirement, he has played a key role in restoring Reform Judaism in Germany, where he lives for part of each year and where he serves as chief rabbi of Munich.
The papal honor, Bishop Wuerl said, “is an acknowledgment by the church of the personal character and honorable reputation, together with the generous use of personal talents and gifts for the good of the church, the faith and the good of the wider community of all of God’s children.”
catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20050722.htm