Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi opened the European Jewish Library in Brussels. Surrounded by ambassadors to Belgium and the European Union and by Chabad rabbis from all over Europe, Yona Metzger announced that due to its location, “This is one of the most important libraries in the world.”
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