Rabbi Yehudah L. Maimon resigned as chairman of the nominations board to elect new Chief Rabbis and a new Chief Rabbinate Council, it was announced here today. Two other members of the board, Rabbi Yitzhak Kappah and attorney Asher Rosenblum, also resigned.
Rabbi Maimon tendered his resignation in a letter to Premier David Ben-Gurion, who is Acting Minister for Religious Affairs. He explained that the resignation was due to the fact that the House Committee of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, had recommended postponement of the elections for a year without prior consultation of the nominations board. Such postponement might result in the abolition of the Chief Rabbinate, he asserted.
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