The upper house of the Hungarian parliament has delayed confirmation of the election of the banker Frenkl as senator to represent Hungarian Jewish orthodoxy, while a parliamentary committee is waiting to hear from the Ministries of Justice and Cults as to the propriety of Frenkl’s election, since Frenkl up to now was no rabbi.
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