The Chief Rabbi, the Pope, and the Holocaust An Era in Vatican-Jewish Relations |
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| Author:
| Weisbord, Robert G.
Sillanpoa, Wallace P. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-1198-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | AUD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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In February 1945, Israele Zolli, chief rabbi of Rome's ancient Jewish community, shocked his co-religionists in Italy and throughout the Jewish world by converting to Catholicism. This book is the first authoritative treatment of this astonishing story from one of the darkest eras in Jewish history.
In February 1945, Israele Zolli, chief rabbi of Rome's ancient Jewish community, shocked his co-religionists in Italy and throughout the Jewish world by converting to Catholicism. This book is the first authoritative treatment of this astonishing story from one of the darkest eras in Jewish history.