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Ruth Ellen Gruber
December 17, 2017, 1:16 pm
It’s always Hanukkah in this picture-perfect Italian town
The Festival of Lights is commemorated nonstop in Casale Monferrato, with a year-round exhibit featuring dozens of hanukkiyot in one of Italy's most beautiful rococo synagogues
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
December 10, 2016, 3:45 pm
That time John Glenn wrote me a letter in 1961
The late astronaut's reply to a young girl's letter: "I must say, when you dream you dream 'way out.'"
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
November 22, 2016, 8:14 pm
One Ruth Gruber says goodbye to another
She shared a name and much more with the trailblazing photojournalist who recently died at age 105
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
August 3, 2016, 4:19 am
Venice welcomes back Shylock in marking its Jewish history
Audiences gathered for six sold-out shows of controversial play in secluded main plaza of city’s historic Jewish Ghetto
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
June 6, 2016, 10:13 pm
In Krakow, Night of the Synagogues bolsters Jewish pride
Houses of worship transformed to house art exhibits, concerts and movie showings in one-night mini-festival organized by community leaders
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
January 16, 2016, 5:52 am
What Pope Francis synagogue visit says about Catholic-Jewish relations
Pontiff to meet with Rome's chief rabbi, solidifying interfaith relations that started with John Paul II's visit 30 years ago
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
September 10, 2015, 3:31 am
Auschwitz ‘showers’ highlight challenge of Holocaust tourism
The well-being of visitors and the integrity of the historical commemoration is a difficult balance for emotionally charged WWII sites
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
May 18, 2015, 6:33 pm
If you build a kosher cafeteria, they will come
In South Carolina, a kosher-vegetarian dining hall seeks to bring diverse populations to the table
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
November 22, 2014, 2:55 pm
New museum reflects growing Polish interest in all things Jewish
Thousands have toured POLIN's galleries telling the story of 1,000 years of Jewish life in the country
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
July 12, 2014, 3:28 pm
Has Poland become a model of Holocaust memorials?
A renewal of memory -- from Belzec to Rychwal -- leaves room for optimism, says chief rabbi Michael Schudrich
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
June 28, 2014, 6:07 am
Big fat Polish Jewish wedding celebrates communal renewal
Couple turns nuptials into open-air public event with klezmer bands, kosher food and two officiating Orthodox rabbis
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
June 13, 2014, 4:35 pm
Boycotting state Holocaust commemorations, Hungary’s Jews forge new path
Groups refuse nearly $1 million in government grants to protest what they see as the whitewashing of country's complicity in Shoah
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
May 24, 2014, 4:48 am
‘Outreach’ and ‘interfaith’ buzzwords for Pope’s Israel trip
Argentina's Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Sheik Omar Abboud join former colleague on visit; pinnacle to be ecumenical joint prayer service at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
April 25, 2014, 10:40 pm
From pope to saint: Two men who revamped Jewish-Catholic ties
On the even of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Vatican will canonize two former pontiffs who focused on reconciliation
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
June 22, 2013, 7:24 am
New novel gives spy games a feminist sabra spin
Creating a modern Israeli heroine, author Adam LeBor crosses Lisbeth Salander with biblical Yael and lets her loose at the UN
By
Ruth Ellen Gruber
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