An Argentine Board of Rabbis was established here today by Dr. David Kahane, chief rabbi of Buenos Aires. Attending the inauguration was Dr. Zerach Warhaftig. Israeli Minister for Religious Affairs, who is visiting here. The action followed the closing of the eighth annual conference of the Federation of Argentine Jewish Communities. Dr. Warhaftig and Dr. S. Levenberg, chairman of the international affairs department of the World Jewish Congress, attended a special meeting of the South American executive of the WJC. They discussed Jewish life in Latin America.
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