On January 18 2005, the ‘ Pave the Way Foundation’ was granted a special audience
with the now Blessed John Paul II, in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall. On this occasion
some 160 Jewish leaders, rabbis and cantors from throughout the United States, Europe
and Israel - the largest group gathering of Jewish leaders to ever to meet with a
sitting pope - took part in this audience in an effort to thank the Holy Father for
all the work he did to reconcile the two faiths. The group led by the President
and founder of the Pave the Way Foundation, Gary Krupp, included Oded Ben-Hur, Israeli
Ambassador to the Holy See; Amire Ofek, Israeli Consul for Media in New York; Rabbi
Adam Mintz, president of the New York Board of Rabbis; Rabbi Shmuel Rene Sirat, Former
Chief Rabbi of Europe and France; Rabbi David Lincoln, Chief Rabbi of the Park Avenue
Synagogue, New York; Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Israel, Rabbi Joseph
Arbib of the Great Synagogue in Rome and Gadi Golan, former Director of Religious
Affairs for the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Gary Krupp shares with Veronica Scarisbrick
memories of this emotional meeeting as well as information on the work of his Foundation
whose mission it is to bring together men of good will. In this interview he also
explains his involvement in shedding light on the much misunderstood figure of Pius
XII. Listen :