Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the World Jewish Congress-American Section, said today he had been received in a private audience by Pope John Paul II in the Vatican late last month. Schneier, who is the rabbi of the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, returned this week from a visit to Europe and Israel.
While Schneier declined to comment on the nature of his conversation with the Pope, Vatican sources in announcing the meeting said that the Jewish leader, like the Pontiff, “took a strong interest in international affairs and human rights.”
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