German Jewish Community Prepares for Pope's Visit - Interview
The hundreds of thousands of young Catholics flooding Cologne, Germany for World Youth Day aren't the only ones turning out for Pope Benedict XVI's epic visit. The city's growing Jewish community is also anxious to greet the German pope.
On Friday, he plans to visit the city's synagogue, only the second visit by a pope to a Jewish house of worship in more than 2,000 years.
Abraham Lehrer, a member of the board of the Jewish community in Cologne and president of the Central Jewish Welfare Federation in Germany (called ZWST in german) , spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about what the pontiff's visit means for Jewish-Catholic relations and the prospects for a Jewish renaissance in Germany.
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On Friday, he plans to visit the city's synagogue, only the second visit by a pope to a Jewish house of worship in more than 2,000 years.
Abraham Lehrer, a member of the board of the Jewish community in Cologne and president of the Central Jewish Welfare Federation in Germany (called ZWST in german) , spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about what the pontiff's visit means for Jewish-Catholic relations and the prospects for a Jewish renaissance in Germany.
See SPIEGEL-ONLINE
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