“The heart opens itself to the hope that the misfortunes of the past will be replaced by fruitful dialogue.”

— Elio Toaff

"Pope Speaks in Rome Synagogue, in the First Such Visit on Record" http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/14/international/europe/14POPE.html by E. J. Dionne Jr, The New York Times, 13 April 1986, retrieved 9 August 2010.

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Italian rabbi 1915–2015

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