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...most people will continue to know her under a different name, which is a point of some significance. Prior to her martyrdom, Teresa's name was Edith Stein, and she was born Jewish. The consequences of that status led Jewish leaders last week to term the canonization "problematic," "offensive" and "an attempt to appropriate the Holocaust without coming to grips with it." They see it as part of a dissonant motif in Pope John Paul II's otherwise triumphant symphony of Catholic-Jewish brotherhood--a masterwork that is very much part of his grand plan for the church's millennial...
...Stein's story did not lack for 20th century drama. Born into a German Jewish family on Yom Kippur 1891, she had declared herself an atheist by her teens. In her 20s she became one of the first German women to earn a Ph.D., specializing in the philosophical subdiscipline of phenomenology. Introduced to Catholicism through Christian phenomenologists, she was baptized at age 30, and 11 years later, under her new name, she took the vows of a Carmelite nun. Sister Teresa's stance on Jewish issues was predictably mixed: she wrote a letter to the Pope deploring anti-Semitism...
...current unease concerns her identity as a Catholic martyr. Christian conversion is a delicate subject to Jews, since historically it often took place under duress. Although Stein's conversion was clearly voluntary, her "atonement" declaration rankles. (It also contradicts the current Pope's repeated description of the Jews as "elder brothers in faith.") But what most bothers the critics is the assumption that Stein's death resulted from her Catholicism. Witnesses reported that when she tried to confess her faith, an Auschwitz guard rebuffed her with the words, "You damned Jew." Thus her canonization strikes some as the hijacking...
...Summer associates regularly have contact with clients," Stein said. "This is a great chance to see students in action...
Folkman, who worked for the U.S. Attorney General's Office in Cleveland, Ohio last summer, says his job search has become more competitive this year as students vie for private sector internships that could turn into post-graduation job offers Stein's firm promises...