Rabbi David Asseo was chosen today from among six candidates to become Chief Rabbi of the Turkish Jewish community. Rabbi Asseo 47, who was elected by 55 religious and lay delegates representing various Jewish communities throughout the country, was formerly secretary of the Grand Rabbinate and was director of the rabbinical seminary here.
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