Following a meeting with the pope, Jewish leaders expressed hope in expanding interfaith relations. Israel Singer, chairman of the World Jewish Congress, said after Thursday’s meeting with Benedict XVI that joint humanitarian initiatives undertaken by the church and the Jewish community would be expanded, including “much-needed relief and education aid to Africa, a continent suffering from the plague of AIDS.”
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