For the first time in nearly 500 years, the capital of Slovenia has a synagogue, a Torah scroll and an official rabbi. Government officials, diplomats, and representatives of local Christian and Muslim communities joined local Jews and visiting Jewish leaders at a recent ceremony in Ljubljana formally installing Ariel Haddad as the nation’s chief rabbi.
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