The post of Chief Rabbi of Izmir, which has been vacant for many years, has been filled with the appointment of Rabbi Rahamim Moreno Sigura, 72. Izmir, Turkey’s second largest center of Jewish population, now has only 6, 000 Jews, most of izmir’s Jews having emigrated to Israel.
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