Police are investigating threatening letters received recently by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren. The letters warned that he would “meet a most horrible death” and said that a recent fire at his home was “just a warning.” One letter contained a knife blade and was signed with the Hebrew letters NGS meaning “against Shlomo Goren.” Rabbi Goren was formerly the chief chaplain of Israel’s armed forces. As the leading candidate for the post of Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel he has come under attack from religious extremists who consider him “too liberal.” Rabbi Goren said he did not know who was behind the letters or why they were sent.
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