Italy’s Jewish leadership mourned the death of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, 85, who was known in part for forging closer relations between Christians and Jews.
Eve Pell, the five-times-great-granddaughter of John Jay, first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, recalls her family’s prejudices against Jews and Catholics and what it means for a third Jew to take a seat on a court with no WASPs.
