ELECTION FOR ISRAELI CHIEF RABBI SCANDALIZED BY WOMANIZING STORIES

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  February 4, 1993 ;     547 words ......ELECTION FOR ISRAELI CHIEF RABBI SCANDALIZED BY WOMANIZING...Israel's Ashkenazic chief rabbi, held once every 10...storm is Tel Aviv's chief rabbi, Yisrael Lau, who was...Shlomo Goren, a former chief rabbi of Israel, said Lau...for electing the new chief ...

Deliberately Misinterpreting The Chief Rabbi

The New York Jewish Week;  August 9, 1996 ;     700+ 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...

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

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  March 29, 1993 ;     700+ 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...

Rabbi Shlomo Amar elected chief rabbi of Tel Aviv

Jerusalem Post;  March 18, 2002 ;     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 ;     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 ;     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 ;     700+ words ......earlier this month to be Ukraine's new chief rabbi, many saw it as a positive sign...problem was that Ukraine already had a chief rabbi, Yaakov Dov Bleich. Bleich has been widely recognized as the chief rabbi of both Kiev and Ukraine since 1992...

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

Forward;  February 27, 2004 ;     700+ 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 ;     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 ;     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 ;     700+ 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...

Chief rabbi appears on Al-Jazeera TV

Jerusalem Post;  August 10, 2004 ;     263 words ......Jerusalem Post 08-10-2004 Headline: Chief rabbi appears on Al-Jazeera TV Byline: ABIGAIL...conducted an interview with Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger that was broadcast dozens...religious leaders, know that the Israeli chief rabbi condemns any possible plans by Jewish...