The Simon Wiesanthal Center announced today (April 29, 2011) that it will honor the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II by including highlights of his historic friendship and solidarity with the Jewish people as part of the permanent exhibit of the Center's renowned Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, according to the Religion News website.
Rabbi Marvin Hier -- Founder and Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center -- said, "John Paul II will be remembered for charting a new course in the often-troubled relationship between the Church and the Jewish people."
Rabbi Hier added, "He was the first Pope in the 2,000-year history of the Church to pray in a synagogue, the first to visit a concentration camp, and the first to recognize the state of Israel."
He concluded, "We want these achievements to be part of the permanent installation of the Museum of Tolerance...for future generations."
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