Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Chief Rabbi of Israel and world spiritual leader of Sephardi Jewry, will be the guest of honor at a major dinner April 22 sponsored by the American Sephardi Federation and the Sephardi Leadership Council of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York at the Americana Hotel.
The beneficiaries of the dinner, which is expected to attract 1000 American Jewish leaders, will be the Israel Emergency Fund and the Coordinated Campaigns of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. This visit to New York will mark the first time Rabbi Yosef has left the Holy Land since he was brought there as a child of three from Iraq 50 years ago.
During the Chief Rabbi’s stay he will be the guest of honor at a reception at City Hall where he will receive the keys to the city from Mayor Abraham Beame. Other engagements that have been scheduled are: A Rabbinical Conference to be followed by an Israel Independence Day celebration at the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue, both sponsored by the American Sephardi Federation; and an address to the student body of Yeshiva University. He will also participate as Chief Rabbi in the memorial services to Israel’s war dead which will be held in the offices of Israel’s Consulate General.
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