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.
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