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Kracow Archbishop
Visits Yad Vashem
Jerusalem/Ynet News — A group of
700 Polish pilgrims and their leader,
the archbishop of Kracow, visited Yad
Vashem during their time in Israel last
week, arranged by the Anti-Defamation
League's (ADL) Israel Office.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who heads
Poland's Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, was
the longtime personal secretary and
friend to Pope John Paul II, whom he
accompanied on the pope's historic visit
to Israel 10 years ago, in March 2000.
Cardinal Dziwisz came to Israel on a
journey of remembrance and to promote
Catholic-Jewish relations. The Cardinal
made a special visit to Yad Vashem,
where he placed flowers in the Hall of
Remembrance, strolled along the Avenue
of the Righteous among the Nations and
met with Avner Shalev, the chairman of
Yad Vashem, and other officials.
The Cardinal also held meetings with
Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and Deputy
Mayor of Jerusalem Naomi Tsur.

"Poland holds a special significance
to the Jewish people said Abraham H.
Foxman, who was born in Poland and
saved during the Holocaust by his Polish
Catholic nanny. "Today, as anti-Semitism
continues to be a serious global problem,
it is important that religious leaders fol-
low Cardinal Dziwisz's example of engag-
ing in and promoting Catholic-Jewish and
Catholic-Israel relations:'
At a meeting with Foxman in Poland,
the Cardinal sought guidance for his visit
to Israel, resulting in the special visit to
Yad Vashem.

Australian Jew Slain
Sydney, Australia/JTA — A memorial
service was held in Australia for the son
of a Holocaust survivor whose body was
found a few weeks ago.
Some 300 friends and relatives attend-
ed the service last week for John Garda, a
businessman in the coastal town of Byron
Bay, about 800 miles north of Sydney.
Two brothers have been charged over
his murder. Garda, 54, was last seen on

Feb. 8; his body was found by police on
Feb. 27 buried in the sand about 30 yards
down a walking track, according to local
media reports. His body was transferred
to Sydney for a post-mortem.
Rabbi Moshe Serebryanski, a Chabad
rabbi who serves the area, told J-Wire,
a local Jewish Web site, that Garda had
"readily identified himself as being Jewish:'
Garda's mother, who survived the
Holocaust, lives in a Jewish aged-
care facility in Sydney. The Emanuel
Synagogue in Sydney, which is part of
the Progressive movement, listed Garda
among their death notices this week.
Byron Bay is home to a growing Jewish
community comprised mainly of expa-
triate Israelis and Jews from Sydney,
Brisbane and Melbourne who have opted
for a quieter life.

Corey Haim, 38
Toronto/JTA — Actor Corey Haim was
buried in a private Jewish ceremony in
Toronto attended by about 200 relatives
and close friends.

The former teen heartthrob, who shot
to fame in the 1980s with films such
as The Lost Boys, License to Drive and
Lucas, died March 10 at the suburban Los
Angeles home he shared with his Israeli-
born mother, Judy. He was buried Tuesday
in his native Toronto.
Haim, 38, had an enlarged heart,
pulmonary congestion and water in his
lungs. An autopsy has yet to confirm the
cause of death, but a police spokesper-
son in Los Angeles openly speculated
it might have been the result of a drug
overdose.
Haim had been open about his struggle
with drug and alcohol abuse, telling
a London tabloid in 2004 that he "did
cocaine for about a year-and-a-half, then
it led to crack."
He started acting as a child after his
mother enrolled him in drama classes to
help him overcome his shyness.
Haim often was paired in films with
fellow Jewish actor Corey Feldman; and
the two were the subject of a short-lived
reality TV show, The Two Coreys.

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