Rav Shar Yashuv Cohen Shlita, the chief rabbi of Haifa, on Monday became the first Jew to address the Vatican�s synod, the governing council of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Rav Cohen stated, �The Jewish People cannot forgive or forget the Church�s silence during the Holocaust.� Pope Benedict XVI was present when the chief rabbi spoke.
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Regarding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rav Cohen stated, �his anti-Semitic diatribe is a painful reminder of the Holocaust.”

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)