” “"A revolutionary event". This is how rabbi Israël Singer, CEO of the World Jewish Congress, defined the unusual meeting that bishops and cardinals from different parts of the world had with a group of Jewish students in the Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva of Harlem: starting from a passage from the Talmud, sitting face to face in the study room, bishops and students discussed, exchanged opinions and comments, interpretations of the sacred book for about 3 quarters of an hour. A meeting that would have been uninimaginable just a few years ago, since the Yeshiva of Harlem is one of the traditional Jewish currents that most mistrusts dialogue. The news was published by the communication service of the diocese of Paris. The event is part of the third world meeting between Jews and Christians promoted in New York by card. Jean-Marie Lustiger, emeritus archbishop of Paris, and rabbi Singer which has brought together about thirty people since yesterday until tonight. The Catholic group was welcomed in the yeshiva of Harlem by rabbi Weiss. "We welcome you he said in the name of the Lord. May peace and mutual understanding increase within our respective traditions. There are differences for toward a better world". ” “
