Papal knighthood for Rabbi

Rabbi A. James Rudin, the long-time inter-religious affairs director for the American Jewish Committee, has been made a Papal Knight of St Gregory.

WelCom December 2022

Rabbi A. James Rudin, the long-time inter-religious affairs director for the American Jewish Committee, has been made a Papal Knight of St Gregory. The order recognises personal service or unusual labour in support of the Catholic Church. A Reform rabbi and a writer, he has travelled widely, meeting with popes, presidents, Protestant denominational leaders and world-famous evangelists. His aim has always been to improve Jewish-Christian relations in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust.