The Chief Rabbinate announced its opposition today to the projected Jerusalem sculpture garden designed to house the million-dollar collection presented to the Municipality by American theatrical producer Billy Rose.
Following a meeting of the Chief Rabbinate Council, a spokesman for the body told the press today that the project was “contrary to the spirit of Judaism and constitutes profanation of the name and character of the Holy City.” The Chief Rabbinate called on the Jerusalem Municipal Council to frustrate the plan “before it is too late.”
The Municipality, which is the licensing authority for all construction in the city, has already approved the plan for the garden at the projected site. This was not related, however, to the subsequent plan of the American producer to donate his famous collection of sculpture.
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