Pope John Paul II praised the “courage, constancy and ancient traditions of good neighborliness” of the Jews of Azerbaijan. The pope made the comment after arriving Wednesday in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, which has had a Jewish community for 2,500 years.
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