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Jerusalem Post/In Jerusalem/Features

Grapevine: Mayor Nir Barkat champions a second, Zionist chief rabbi

JERUSALEM HAS survived without a chief rabbi for more than a decade, but it would appear that Mayor Nir Barkat wants not only one chief rabbi, but two to take over the spiritual leadership of the capital.

Nir Barkat 521
Nir Barkat 521
(photo credit: Flash 90)
ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FEBRUARY 13, 2014 12:08
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