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Rabbi seen in video with pope apologizes after Orthodox critics raise objections

Rabbi Dovber Pinson called the meeting a "kiddush Hashem," or a sanctification of God's name, but said he regretted the singing and dancing.

Pope and delegation of Hasidic Jews meet, dance at Vatican

The delegation led by Rabbi Edgar Gluck, a co-founder of the Hatzolah volunteer ambulance corps, discussed the protection of Jewish cemeteries in Europe and combating child sex abuse.

Pope Francis defends calling refugee centers ‘concentration camps’

"There was no linguistic lapse: there are concentration camps, sorry — refugee camps that are true camps of concentration," the pope told a German reporter.