Article: The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature.(Book Review)

Article: Was there a Jewish pope?
Jerusalem Post;  May 12, 2009 ;     575 words ... ... 05-12-2009 Headline: Was there a Jewish pope? Byline: RAYMOND APPLE Edition; Daily ... 15 (winter 1982-83). Why would a Jewish pope, whoever he was, return to Judaism ... the popular interpretation is that the Jewish pope was the son of Simeon ben Isaac ben ...

Article: A Jewish pope?
Jerusalem Post;  April 29, 2005 ;     658 words ...Berel Wein Jerusalem Post 04-29-2005 Headline: A Jewish pope? Byline: Berel Wein Edition; Up Front Section: Features ... its more powerful adversary. The origin of the legend of a Jewish pope does, however, have some historical basis. It seems to ...

Article: The Jewish Pope: a Yiddish Tale.(Brief ...
California Bookwatch;  December 1, 2006 ;     389 words ...The Jewish Pope: A Yiddish Tale Yudel Mark Fithian Press P.O. Box 2790, McKinleyville, CA 95519 1564744590 $14.95 www.danielpublishing ...

Article: Behind The Headlines: Declaration on anti-Jewish ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  August 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Gruber, Ruth E. Jewish Telegraphic Agency 08-28-2000 Behind The Headlines: Declaration on anti-Jewish pope is called 'a beatification too far' Pope John Paul II will formally set his 19th century predecessor Pope Pius IX on the road ...

Article: No 'Jewish Pope,' after all
The Jerusalem Report;  March 7, 2005 ;     655 words ...The Jewish-born archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean-Marie Aron Lustiger, retired on February 11 at the age of 78, apparently dashing any chance that the grandson of a Polish rabbi might succeed John Paul II as pope. Lustiger, who took office in 1981 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal two years

Article: JOHN PAUL II ARTIFACTS ADDED.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  May 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... with the aid of a walking staff and shakily slipping a prayer into a crack in the wall. Organizers of an exhibit documenting Jewish-Pope relations at Xavier University had planned on that image playing an important role. With less than a week left before the ...

Article: Larry Wilson: The news only gets worse
Pasadena Star-News;  August 23, 2006 ;     686 words ... ... traditional generic raves against gays, whom she famously considers "deviants" and "biological errors." If there were a Jewish pope, she would excommunicate Schlesinger for having the gall to blame these rants on her Orthodox faith. She started out her ...