UNITED IN OUR AGE: “Since the spiritual patrimony common to Christians and Jews is thus so great, this sacred synod wants to foster and recommend that mutual understanding and respect which is the fruit, above all, of biblical and theological studies as well as of fraternal dialogues.” - Nostra Aetate, Second Vatican Council, 1965 To His Holiness Pope Francis: In this spirit, we – Rabbis and Jewish leaders – warmly welcome you and your mission of peace to Israel. With one voice, we are united in our commitment to interreligious dialogue, to opening more paths to increased understanding. With you we are here to build bridges so that we can traverse these bridges of faith together in a journey of hope for justice, equality, and peace, and to continually recognize and strengthen the important relationship between Catholics and Jews worldwide. And where better to reaffirm that relationship, than in the Holy Land of Israel, a place both religions treasure as part of a shared heritage. Peace be with you, Shalom, Rabbi Leo Michael Abrami Rabbi Samuel Barth Rabbi Jonathan Biatch Rabbi Charles K. Briskin The Jewish Fellowship The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Temple Beth El Temple Beth El Phoenix, AZ Ordination Program of ALEPH Madison, WI San Pedro, CA Cantor Nancy Abramson New York, NY Rabbi Miriam Biatch Rabbi Herbert Bronstein President, Cantors Assembly Rabbi Lewis M. Barth Congregation Kol Am North Shore Congregation Israel New York, NY Prof. Emeritus and former Dean Elmira, NY Glencoe, IL Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, Ph.D. Hebrew Union College Rabbi Moses A. Birnbaum, D.D. Rabbi Sharon Brous Be'chol Lashon - Jewish Institute of Religion The Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills IKAR San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Rabbi Jon Adland Rabbi Eliot J. Baskin, D.Min. Rabbi Mayer Birnhack, D.D., C.M.C. Cantor Paul A. Buch Temple Israel Jewish Family Service of Colorado Chaplain Temple Beth Israel Canton, OH Denver, CO Brooklyn, NY Pomona, CA Rabbi Amitai Adler Rabbi Janet Ozur Bass Rabbi Aaron Benjamin Bisno Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl Director of Jewish Thought Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Rodef Shalom Congregation Central Synagogue Congregation Aitz Hayim Rockville, MD Pittsburgh, PA New York, NY Glencoe, IL Rabbi Lia Bass Rabbi Bruce S. Block Rabbi Howard Buechler Elaine and Myron Adler Congregation Etz Hayim Rabbi Emeritus Temple Sinai of Bergen County Dix Hills Jewish Center Myron & Elaine Adler Private Fdtn. Arlington, VA Tenafly, NJ Dix Hills, NY Maywood, NJ Rabbi David Bauman Rabbi Barry H.D. Block Rabbi Adalah Caplowe Rabbi Julie Pelc Adler Temple Israel of Long Beach and Congregation B'nai Israel Ohr Nistar Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living US Navy Reserve Little Rock, AR Pittsburgh, PA Long Beach, NY Glencoe, IL Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal Rabbi David Chanofsky Rabbi Rachel Adler, Ph.D. Rabbi Dennis Beck-Berman Shaare Torah Monsey, NY David Ellenson Professor of Congregation Brith Achim Gaithersberg, MD Petersburg, VA Rabbi Joshua Chasan Modern Jewish Thought Rabbi Neil Blumofe Ohavi Zedek Synagogue Hebrew Union College Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker Congregation Agudas Achim Burlington, VT - Jewish Institute of Religion Gishrei Shalom Austin, TX Los Angeles, CA Southington, CT Rabbi Mari Chernow Rabbi Steven Bob Temple Chai Rabbi Rachel Ain Rabbi Marci N. Bellows Congregation Etz Chaim Phoenix, AZ Sutton Place Synagogue Temple B'nai Torah Lombard, IL New York, NY Wantagh, NY Rabbi Sharon Clevenger Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin Middle School Rabbi, The Rashi School Rabbi Laurence Aryeh Alpern Rabbi Jack Bemporad Israel Center of Conservative Judaism Dedham, MA Temple Shabbat Shalom Director, Center for Interreligious Queens, NY Rabbi Martin A. Cohen Porter Corners, NY Understanding, Teaneck, NJ and Professor of Interreligious Studies, Rabbi Joshua Boettiger Hebrew Union College Rabbi Jaymee Alpert The Pontifical University of Temple Emek Shalom New York, NY Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome Ashland, OR Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen Port Chester, NY Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav, The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Rabbi Thomas Alpert The Center for Jewish Mindfulness Chaplain, Kavod Senior Life and New York, NY Temple Etz Chaim Highland Park, IL Director, Wisdom House Rabbi Howard A. Cohen Franklin, MA Denver, CO Rabbi Karen Bender Bennington, VT Rabbi Joel Alter Temple Judea Rabbi (Ret.) Stanley Bramnick Rabbi Paul F. Cohen The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Tarzana, CA Teaneck, NJ Senior Rabbi, Temple Jeremiah New York, NY Rabbi Rebecca Ben-Gideon Rabbi Sara Brandes Northfield, IL Rabbi Marc D. Angel Madison Jewish Community Day School California Director, Moving Traditions Rabbi Diane Cohen Director, Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals Madison, WI Los Angeles, CA Hospital Chaplain New York, NY Rabbi Nathaniel Benjamin Prof. Marshall Breger Los Angeles, CA Rabbinic Pastor Matia Rania Angelou Chavurah Beth Shalom Columbus School of Law Rabbi Judy Cohen-Rosenberg Newton-Wellesley Hospital Alpine, NJ Catholic University of America Community Reform Temple Newton, MA Washington, DC Rabbi Aaron Benson Westbury, NY Rabbi Batsheva Appel North Shore Jewish Center Rachael Bregman Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn Temple Emanu-El Port Jefferson Station, NY Temple Beth Tefilloh and Beit Bara Congregation Temple Sinai Tucson, AZ Brunswick and Atlanta, GA Dr. Michael Berenbaum New Orleans, LA Rabbi Charles Arian American Jewish University Rabbi Anne Brener Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon Kehilat Shalom Los Angeles, CA Academy for Jewish Religion California Sr. Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El Gaithersburg, MD Los Angeles, CA Rabbi H. Philip Berkowitz Tuscon, AZ Rabbi Eyssa Joy Auster Kennebunk, ME Rabbi Dr. Reeve Robert Brenner Rabbi Mark Cooper Washington, DC Congregation Bet Chesed Rabbi Harold J. Berman Oheb Shalom Congregation Rabbi Andy Bachman Bethesda, MD Congregation Tifereth Israel South Orange, NJ Sr. Rabbi, Congregation Beth Elohim Columbus, OH Rabbi Elisheva Brenner Rabbi David J. Cooper Brooklyn, NY Center for Eco-Judaism Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, Ph.D. Kehilla Community Synagogue Rabbi Justus Baird Pueblo, CO Kol Ami: The Northern Virginia Piedmont, CA Auburn Seminary Reconstructionist Community Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, Ph.D. New York, NY Arlington, VA V.P., World Union for Progressive Judaism Park Avenue Synagogue Rabbi Rachel Barenblat New York, NY Rabbi Michael Bernstein New York, NY Congregation Beth Israel Congregation Gesher L'Torah Rabbi Alan Brill Rabbi Meryl M. Crean, Chaplain BCC North Adams, MA Alpharetta, GA Seton Hall University Martins Run Senior Residential Community Rabbi Aura Bartfeld Ahuvia South Orange, NJ Media, PA Kehillat Lev Shalem Woodstock, NY The names of Rabbis and Jewish scholars and leaders who extend greetings to Pope Francis during his visit to Israel continue here. Rabbi Menachem Creditor Rabbi Ted Feldman Rabbi Dan Goldblatt Rabbi Jonathan L. Hecht, Ph.D. Congregation Netivot Shalom B'nai Israel Jewish Center Beth Chaim Congregation Sr. Rabbi, Temple Chaverim Berkeley, CA Petaluma, CA Danville, CA Plainview, NY Rabbi Julie Hilton Danan Rabbi Daniel J. Fellman Rabbi Steve Golden Rabbi Jason Herman Congregation Beth Israel Temple Concord Assistant Rabbi, The Sephardic Temple International Rabbinic Fellowship Chico, CA Syracuse, NY Cedarhurst, NY New York, NY Rabbi Stanley M. Davids Rabbi Brian Field Rabbi Emanuel S. Goldsmith Chaplain De Fischler Herman Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Emanu-El Judaism Your Way Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Rabbinic Pastor and Spiritual Director Atlanta, GA Denver, CO M'vakshe Derech, Scarsdale, NY and Takoma Park, MD Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Ph.D. Rabbi Hanoch Fields Prof. Emeritus, Queens College, Rabbi Lev R. Herrnson The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Colorado Springs, CO City University, New York, NY East Rockaway, NY New York, NY Rabbi Leon B. Fink Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser Rabbi Howard Hersch Rabbi Ori Har DiGennaro Temple Netzach Israel Temple Beit HaYam Rabbi Emeritus, Jewish Renewal Plantation, FL Stuart, FL Congregation Brothers of Israel Boulder, CA Rabbi Reuven Firestone Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman Newtown, PA Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb Professor, Hebrew Union College Union Temple Rabbi Garson Herzfeld Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation Sr. Fellow, University of Southern California Brooklyn, NY Tampa, FL Bethesda, MD Los Angeles, CA Rabbi Stephen W. Goodman Rabbi Patricia Ernest Hickman Rabbi Barry Dolinger Rabbi Ellen Flax Garden City Jewish Center Temple Israel of Brevard Congregation Beth Shalom New York, NY Garden City, NY Melbourne, FL Providence, RI Rabbi Lawrence Arthur Forman, D.Min., D.D. Rabbi Dan Gordon Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Rabbi Art Donsky Interim Rabbi, Temple Sinai and Temple Beth Torah President, CLAL: The National Jewish Center Rabbis Without Walls Chaplain, V.A. Hospital Hampton, VA Humble, TX for Learning and Leadership Pittsburgh, PA Newport News, VA Rabbi Julie K. Gordon New York, NY Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus Rabbi Jeff Foust Education Director, Adat Shalom Rabbi Jeffrey Hoffman Rabbi Emerita, B'nai Yehuda Beth Sholom Spiritual Life Center, Bentley University Reconstructionist Congregation Academy for Jewish Religion Homewood, IL Waltham, MA Bethesda, MD Yonkers, NY Rabbi Paula Mack Drill Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Fradkin Rabbi Samuel N. Gordon Rabbi Joshua Hoffman Orangetown Jewish Center Clearwater, FL Congregation Sukkat Shalom Valley Beth Shalom Wilmette, IL Orangeburg, NY Rabbi David M. Freidenreich, Ph.D. Encino, CA Rabbi Matthew Durbin