Deliberately Misinterpreting The Chief Rabbi

The New York Jewish Week;  August 9, 1996 ;   Berman, Julius;   787 words ...Deliberately Misinterpreting The Chief Rabbi. When the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Bakshi-Doron, shared a homiletic...the point of suggesting that yes, in fact, the chief rabbi's words are causing murder threats. What's really...

Russian chief rabbi: Improved conditions discourage immigration to Israel

Jerusalem Post;  October 3, 2002 ;   HERB KEINON;   740 words ......00-0000 Headline: Russian chief rabbi: Improved conditions discourage...them, according to Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar. The Law of Return gives Jews...Jewish according to halacha. Lazar, one of two chief rabbis in...Jews to immigrate to Israel. Lazar said it is important ...

BEHIND THE HEADLINES: RUSSIA GETS ITS FIRST CHIEF RABBI, BUT

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  March 29, 1993 ;   Alexander Lesser;   787 words ......THE HEADLINES: RUSSIA GETS ITS FIRST CHIEF RABBI, BUT SIGNIFICANCE. OF POST NOT CLEAR...first time in its history, Russia has a chief rabbi. But it is not yet clear what significance...and the former government-appointed chief rabbi of the Soviet Union, was elected Russian...

Britain's chief rabbi stirs controversy with recent remarks

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  January 19, 1995 ;   Simon Rocker;   625 words ......Telegraphic Agency 01-19-1995 Britain's chief rabbi stirs controversy with recent remarks. Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has denounced the Masorti...Jonathan Kestenbaum, said that while the chief rabbi had a policy of avoiding "criticism of...

Rabbi Shlomo Amar elected chief rabbi of Tel Aviv

Jerusalem Post;  March 18, 2002 ;   HAIM SHAPIRO;   292 words ......Headline: Rabbi Shlomo Amar elected chief rabbi of Tel Aviv Byline: HAIM SHAPIRO Edition...Tikva Rabbinical Court, was elected chief rabbi of Tel Aviv yesterday. He is the first sole chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, following a decision by...

Turkey's Chief Rabbi Takes Office

AP Online;  December 20, 2002 ;   LOUIS MEIXLER, Associated Press Writer;   305 words ......on Thursday installed Isak Haleva as chief rabbi, a 550-year-old post created when the...The 62-year-old Haleva has been acting chief rabbi and leader of the 25,000-member Jewish...white, fringed prayer shawl by Israel's chief rabbi, Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron. A Turkish rabbi...

Huldai proposes one chief rabbi for TA

Jerusalem Post;  August 17, 2001 ;   HAIM SHAPIRO;   418 words ......08-17-2001 Headline: Huldai proposes one chief rabbi for TA Byline: HAIM SHAPIRO Edition...Huldai has proposed having only one chief rabbi for the city, and has received the support...arrangement. Tel Aviv, at the present, has no chief rabbi, either Ashkenazi or Sephardi. The post...

Ukraine gets a new chief rabbi even though it already has one

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  September 15, 2003 ;   MacIsaac, Daniel;   787 words ......month to be Ukraine's new chief rabbi, many saw it as a positive...Ukraine already had a chief rabbi, Yaakov Dov Bleich. Bleich...widely recognized as the chief rabbi of both Kiev and Ukraine...appointment of a new chief rabbi for Ukraine took on a...No mention of a new ...

Letter From Israel's Chief Rabbi Seen As Meddling in Lithuania

Forward;  February 27, 2004 ;   Wohlgelernter, Elli;   723 words ......blistering letter to Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Yonah Metzger, telling him to butt...is appropriate that he serve as the chief rabbi of the Jews of Lithuania, and this is...community in Lithuani has operated without a chief rabbi. But leaders of the Lubavitch chasidic...

Former Chief Rabbi Lau named top Tel Aviv rabbi

AP Worldstream;  April 17, 2005 ;     153 words ......JERUSALEM Israel Meir Lau was named chief rabbi of Tel Aviv on Sunday, media reported...the post _ serving as Israel's chief rabbi in between. Lau, one of Israel...best-known rabbis, was the Ashkenazi chief rabbi from 1993-2003, following four...

Campaign to merge chief rabbi posts suffers setback

Jerusalem Post;  July 22, 2002 ;   HAIM SHAPIRO;   283 words ......00-0000 Headline: Campaign to merge chief rabbi posts suffers setback Byline: HAIM SHAPIRO...04 Monday, July 22, 2002 -- A plan by Chief Rabbi Eliahu Bakshi-Doron to resign before...create a precedent for having only one chief rabbi was thwarted yesterday when the plan...

Snub for Camilla as Chief Rabbi leaves her out of royal prayers.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  April 15, 2005 ;     436 words ......of Cornwall is being snubbed by the Chief Rabbi. Prince Charles's new wife will not...mentioned by name. The office of the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks, has decided not...was also named. The decision by the Chief Rabbi - head of Britain's 300,000 Orthodox...

Turkey's chief rabbi officially takes office

AP Worldstream;  December 19, 2002 ;   LOUIS MEIXLER, Associated Press Writer;   328 words ......on Thursday installed Isak Haleva as chief rabbi, a position that has been occupied for...The 62-year-old Haleva has been acting chief rabbi and leader of the 25,000-member Jewish...white, fringed prayer shawl by Israel's chief rabbi, Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron. A Turkish rabbi...

Former UK Chief Rabbi to be Interred on the Mount of Olives.

Israel Faxx;  November 1, 1999 ;     86 words ...By IsraelWire Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jakobovits has died of a brain hemorrhage, at the age of 78. He was Chief Rabbi from 1967 to 1991. Jakobovits was...London synagogues, he became in 1949 chief rabbi of Dublin and the Jewish communities...

Rough times for British chief rabbi: Former backer calls on him to quit

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  December 24, 2003 ;   Greene, Richard Allen;   740 words ......Dec. 23 (JTA) -- Britain's Orthodox chief rabbi got a most-unwelcome Chanukah present...under attack in the United Kingdom. "The chief rabbi, caught between the activists who said...apparent relief," Kalms wrote. "And so the chief rabbi has concentrated on his pastoral role...