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matzo stories: 2 news briefs
Stores sold out before holiday began Saturday, Jews 'at wits' end'
San Francisco Chronicle Apr 22, 08 1:38 PM CDT
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With Passover in full swing, Jews in the San Francisco area are enduring a shortage of matzo, the Chronicle reports. Most grocers were cleaned out Friday or Saturday, the first day of the observance, and with the holiday stretching to the weekend, the observant wonder how they'll manage without the staple food.
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Benedict is first pope to visit an American synagogue
New York Times Apr 19, 08 5:14 AM CDT
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Pope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff to ever set foot inside an American synagogue with his visit to New York's Park East Synagogue yesterday, the New York Times reports. Benedict, presented with matzo, a Seder plate and a Passover prayer book, spoke to the congregation of "building bridges of friendship" but didn't touch on any thorny issues.
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