American Conservative Rabbi Richard Yellin of Chestnut Hill, Mass., pronounces the traditional Jewish blessing on Pope John Paul II at an audience in the Vatican and the Pontiff joined in what was probably the first encounter of its kind between a Jewish spiritual leader and the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Three Israelis and a Nigerian diplomat are in police custody in London following the botched attempt to kidnapp Umaru Dikko, a former Transport Minister of Nigeria, who is now a political exile. Israel disclaims any connection with the incident.
Laurent Fabius, the 37-year-old son of an old French Jewish family that converted to Catholicism after World War II, is named Prime Minister of France by President Francois Mitterrand following the resignation of Pierre Mauroy.
The head of Spain’s Jewish community, Samuel Toledano, discloses in New York that the final details are being concluded on an historic agreement between the government of Spain and the 12,000 member Jewish community there defining and protecting their civil and religious status.
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