Jewish personalities from all over the world have sent greetings to Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen of Rumania who is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his accession to that office. Many of them were published in Revista Cultului Mozaic, the organ of the Rumanian-Jewish community. Among the American notables congratulating the Chief Rabbi were Dr. William Wexler, president of B’nai B’rith, and Morris Abram, president of the American Jewish Committee. From Jerusalem there were messages from Sephardic Chief Rabbi Itzhak Nissim; Dr. Zerah Wahrhaftig, the Minister for Religious Affairs; Louis Burg, Minister for Social Welfare; Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the Keren Hayesod; and Prof. Aryeh Tartakower of the World Jewish Congress. World Jewish Congress president Dr. Nahum Goldmann also sent greetings as did Alderman Michael Fidler, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; and Sir Barnett Janner, Labor MP. Greetings were also received from Louis Horowitz, head of the Joint Distribution Committee in Geneva.
Chief Rabbi Rosen has uncovered an international gang that has been buying old scrolls in his country and selling them as antiquities at high prices to foreign collectors, the daily newspaper, Yediot Achronot reported yesterday.
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