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Article: THE CHIEF RABBINATE
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- Jerusalem Post
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- January 15, 1996
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Arthur Zuckerman
Jerusalem Post
01-15-1996
Sir, - On November 6, the chief rabbis of Israel issued a statement addressed to the rabbis in the Diaspora, which states amongst others: "The Chief Rabbinate Council declares that marginal groups have no authority to use Jewish law (Halacha) as a pretense to support their views, and that the sole authority to speak in the name of Jewish law is the Chief Rabbinate Council and the great Torah scholars recognized by the Council."
This raises certain questions:
a) Where were the Rabbinate Council and both chief rabbis when prime minister Rabin was vilified as a traitor, depicted in a keffiyeh, and called a liar? Where was the voice of the Rabbinate ...