Favored Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi candidate unable to compete due to being over the age limit, the government-proposed alternative is less popular.
Israeli Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef told new Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to be subtle about the instruction because it wasn't legal.
The conference, entitled "Reconnecting," brought together Knesset members on the left and the right with the aim of fostering dialogue.
The rabbi said that while he does not get involved in politics, he believes that all sides need to come to the table and hold dialogue with each other.
Rabbi Avichai Apel of Frankfurt gave a powerful speech to commemorate the 78th International Holocaust Remembrance Day at a commemoration on Tuesday.
Israel's Chief Rabbi David Lau has decided to allow those keeping kosher to eat cultured meat and claimed that it is like eating a vegetable.
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