Israel’s chief rabbis will use a Vatican meeting to discuss the whereabouts of an ancient menorah. Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, and Sephardi chief rabbi, Shlomo Amar, are to meet Pope John Paul II on Friday, the first major visit by Jewish clergy to the Holy See.
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