Good news. (signs of the times).Catholic-Jewish relations are flourishing in Florida thanks to the work and friendship of a group from St Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. Church and Temple Bet El, a Reform synagogue synagogue (sĭn`əgŏg) [Gr.,=assembly], in Judaism, a place of assembly for worship, education, and communal affairs. The origins of the institution are unclear. One tradition dates it to the Babylonian exile of the 6th cent. B.C. in Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. . The group started its "living room dialogue" 17 years ago. As they got to know each other, they started hosting interfaith gatherings. Bigger things followed: In March, clergy, laity, and scholars from both religions attended the sixth annual conference sponsored by the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at St Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. University. The program drew more than 1,000 participants and included a Shabbat dinner, a joint Catholic-Jewish service, and Sunday Mass. |
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