Pope John Paul II, the first Pope to visit Canada, meets for 10 minutes with a delegation of 10 Jewish leaders who urge him to have the Vatican extend official recognition to Israel.
West Germany’s Jewish community is angered by a court decision to free two persons accused of devising and circulating a macabre game in which pawns representing Jews are sent to death camps by a throw of dice. The game was circulated widely in 1982-83.
Only 69 Soviet Jews were permitted to emigrate this month. A total of 721 Jews received exit visas from January through September.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
