Jews in Teheran have enough matzoh and wine for Passover. Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly, said he received this assurance today when he spoke by telephone to Rabbi David Shofet, Teheran’s Chief Rabbi. Kelman said that Shofet declared that life for Iran’s Jews is normal and that they have an “adequate” supply of local matzoh and wine for Passover. The Rabbinical Assembly, the rabbinical body of the world Conservative movement, has been keeping in contact with the Iranian-born Shofet, who is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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