Cardinal Joseph Suenens, head of the Catholic Church in Belgium, gave a farewell party this week for Belgium’s Chief Rabbi, Robert Dreyfuss, who is retiring at the end of the month and will settle in Israel. The Papal Nuncio and representatives of virtually all Belgian churches attended the “strictly kosher” affair. Dreyfuss has been Chief Rabbi for 15 years.
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