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institutions, and offices of for- fered by world Jewry with the
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chief eign missions, the United Na- passing of Rabbi Isaac Halevi
Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog, who tions and embassies and consu- Herzog, Chief Rabbi of Israel.
died peacefully in his sleep, lates placed their flags at half-
"Rabbi Herzog was known
was buried Sunday in the San- mast for a week of mourning. the world over and was held in
hedria cemetery, as all Israel Tributes to the late Chief Rabbi the highest esteem as one of
mourned his passing in one of poured in from all parts of the the greatest Talmudic scholars
the most solemn rites ever held world.
and religious leaders of our
in the Holy City.
President Ben-Zvi said in an generation.
The regular Sunday meeting official statement for the Israel
"World Jewry will remember
of the Cabinet was recessed and government that the loss was forever his deep love for and
all members of the government that of the entire Israel Jewry. devotion to Torah, his dedica-
joined with yeshiva students,
News of the Chief Rabbi's tion to the people and the land
kibbutz members and men and passing was withheld by the o; Israel and his distinguished
women from all the fighting Israel Radio at the request of leadership as head of the Israel
services among- the thousands the family, partly not to violate Rabbinate for the past 23 years.
who lined the route of the the Sabbath and partly not to
A memorial meeting honor-
funeral procession for Israel's impair the joy of the day of ing Rabbi Herzog is being
Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi.
rest for Israel's Jewry. How- planned between Mincha and
Rabbi Herzog, who was '71, ever, the news reached Jerusa- Maariv services at Young Israel
died after a remarkable recov- lem synagogues before the Mus- of Dexter, at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 9.
ery from a sclerosis attack last saf prayers.
Prominent local rabbis will de-
Passover. He had assumed the
Soon Jerusalem leaders from liver the eulogy.
post of Chief Rabbi after the
all walks of life—secular, re-
Other messages among the
death of Chief Rabbi Abraham
ligious and ultra-orthodox — outpouring of statements
Kook.
Also attending the funeral began the trek to the Chief mourning the loss of Rabbi Her-
were judges of the Supreme Rabbi's home to file past the zog were issued by Rabbi Isaac
Court, labor leaders, workers tallis-clad body while rabbis and Stollman, of Detroit, in his
and professionals who paid horn- seminary students maintained capacity as national president
of the Religious Zionists of
age to the beloved spiritual the death vigil.
Born in Lomza, Poland, Rabbi America; and Rabbi Max D.
leader. Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion, who was absent Herzog demonstrated his intel- Davidson, president of the Syna-
from Jerusalem, sent a message lectual gifts when at the age of gogue Council of America, rep-
of condolences to the family in nine he began mastering entire resenting Orthodox, Conserva-
which he said their mourning tractates of the Talmud. His tive and Reform Jews in
and sorrow was the mourning father, Rabbi Joel Herzog, America.
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brought his son to Leeds when
and sorrow "of all Israel."
Addressing the widow, the the father accepted a rabbinical Urge One Chief Rabbi
Prime Minister declared: "May post there.
The young scholar entered for Israel Community
you be consoled by the great
and faithful service being per- London University and earned
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
formed by your two most cap- one degree after another, in- passing of Dr. Isaac Halevi Her-
able and talented sons, who I cluding a doctorate of philos- zog, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, re-
hope will continue to serve the ophy and degrees in law, clas- vived support for an effort to
state of Israel for many years." sics, the humanities, sociology, establish one Chief Rabbi and
He was referring to Brig. literature and Oriental langu- end the duality of separate
Haim Herzog, commander of ages.
spiritual leaders for the Ashke-
Later, in Paris, where his
the Negev defenses and former
nazi and Sephardi communities.
military attache in Washington, father served as a rabbi, the
The executive of the General
who recited the Kaddish, and youth decided to become an Zionist Party passed a resolu-
archaeologist
and
studied
at
the
Yaacov Herzog, Israel Minister
tion embodying that proposal
to Washington, who was unable Sorbonne, with post-graduate after a meeting at which the
to attend the funeral because studies in France.
executive eulogized the memory
When he was 22, lie was given
it would have required his trav-
of Rabbi Herzog. The resolu-
ordination
by
the
Rabbi
of
eling on the sabbath. He will
tion contended that the dual
Safad,
thus
beginning
his
rab-
sit shivah in Washington.
Chief Rabbis, in effect, gave
The funeral services began binical career. As a rabbi in legal recognition to the division
at the home of the Chief Rabbi- Belfast in 1915, he soon earned of Israel into two communities.
nate where leading personali- recognition and became, Chief
Davar, the organ of the Mapai
ties mingled with the thousands Rabbi of Ireland. He assumed Party, in a supporting editorial,
the
Chief
Rabbinate
of
Jerusa-
who wept openly. A deputation
suggested that Rabbi Yitzhak
of the diplomatic corps also was lem in 1936.
Nissim, the Sephardi Chief
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present.
Rabbi, remain the rabbinical
Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim, Seph- Local Rabbis Express representative of all communi-
ardic Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Jacob
ties in Israel.
M. Toledano, Minister of Re- S orrow at Passing
The Religious and Herut Par-
ligions, Chief Rabbi Isar Ye-
Detroit Jewry joined with ties challenged the sincerity of
huda Unterman of Tel Aviv, brethren in Israel and through- the suggestion and termed it
and Rabbi Shlomo Zevvin, edi- out the world in mourning the "wooing the Sephardi vote," a
tor of the Talmudic Encyclo- death of Chief Rabbi Herzog. reference to the November na-
pedia were among the spiritual In an official statement, the tional elections. The independ-
leaders who delivered eulogies. Council of Orthodox Rabbis ent daily, Haaretz, came out in
Rabbi Herzog was praised as here stated:
support of the existing system
a spiritual leader learned in the
"The Vaad Harabonim, on be- of two Chief Rabbis on grounds
sciences and philosophy, and half of the Detroit rabbinate that abolitior of the system
termed a great scholar and and the entire Jewish commun- would not "bridge the gulf" be-
humanitarian.
ity, expresses its profound sor- tween the two communities and
All government buildings and row at the tremendous loss suf- would also create new problems.
An indication that the pro-
posal for one Chief Rabbi still
lacked effective support was in-
dicated by speculation on Rabbi
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Herzog's possible successor.
Names mentioned included
those of Chief Chaplain Shlomo
Goren; Dr. J. B. Soloveitchik of
Brookline, Mass., Chief Rabbi
Issar Yehuda Unterman of Tel
Aviv; the famous Lubavitcher
Rabbi; and Rabbi S. Y. Zevvin
of Jerusalem, editor of the Tel
mudic Encyclopedia.
Chaplain Goren was report-
edly favored by the "progres-
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Orthodox community, partly be-
cause he recently gave the opin-
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Elections of the Chief Rabbis
are held every five years, with
the next election scheduled for
February, 1960. Rabbi Nissim
was expected to remain, at least
in the interim, as exclusive
Chief Rabbi.
One proposal which was con-
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Chief Rabbis would each serve
a term successively, thus dis-
pensing with the duality prob-
lem while stili conforming to
the existence of the two re-
ligious communities.
The Knesset, Israel's Parlia-
ment, observed two minutes of
standing silence in honor of the
memory of Chief Rabbi Isaac
Halevi Herzog. Dr. Mordecai
Nurock, Knesset deputy of the
National Religious Party, eulo-
gized the late spiritual leader.
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Capture Arab Anglers
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — Three
Lebanese fishermen and their
boat were captured by an Israel
police coastal unit near Na-
hariya. The boat, which had an
auxiliary motor, was brought
to Haifa and the fishermen
taken to police headquarters for
interrogation. The three men
said they had been fishing in
Lebanese waters and that cur-
rents had carried them into
Israeli waters.
An army spokesman reported
that an armed Lebanese in-
filtrator was intercepted and
killed by an Israel patrol near
Tel Chai in the northernmost
part of Israel. The infiltrator
was shot dead when he ignored
a challenge to stop. He carried
a Lebanese identity card, a rifle
with 50 rounds and a hand
grenade.
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servicing Israel. These include
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Olympic and Cyprus Airways.
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Israel in Deep Mourning Over Rabbi Herzog's Death