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Grapevine: A dignified Yom Kippur?

The prime minister and president's presence at the Hazvi Yisrael Congregation's service caused enormous inconveniences.

The Great Synagogue
Photo by: Wikimedia Commons/ Ariel Horowitz
■  Ordinarily, any organization or institution is pleased to have a visit from the president or the prime minister. If they get a visit from both, it’s almost like winning the lottery.

However, not all the congregants at Jerusalem’s Hazvi Yisrael Congregation in Talbiyeh were thrilled to have the two highest-ranking people in the country in their midst on Kol Nidre night. It’s not the first time that the two have turned up at this synagogue within easy walking distance of their respective residences. Inasmuch as it’s a source of great pride to the congregation that both Shimon Peres and Binyamin Netanyahu should care to go there for Kol Nidre, their presence caused enormous inconvenience resulting from strict security needs.

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