The entire Israel Cabinet, including Premier David Ben Gurion, today attended the formal opening of the Rabbi Kook Institute, an Orthodox cultural center established through the efforts of Rabbi Judah L. Melmon, former Minister for Religion and one of the most respected Orthodox leaders in Israel. The institute is named in honor of the late Palestine Chief Rabbi A. I. Kook.
Also present at the ceremony were British Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie, Israel Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog, Jewish Agency chairman Berl Locker, a representative of the British Embassy and leaders in the Jewish religious world, including a number of Talmudic scholars of note. The institute will collect old manuscripts and other documents and will publish new ones, as well, for the educational benefit of youth and adults, Rabbi Maimon stated.
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