Cabinet Again Postpones Elections for Chief Rabbinate; Oct. 16 Date Set
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The cabi-
net decided Sunday to postpone for
the third time elections for the
chief rabbinate. Elections are now
scheduled to take place on Oct. 16.
Religious Affairs Minister Zerah
Warhaftig, in recommending the
postponement to the cabinet, ex-
plained that because of legal com-
plications, preparations for the
election could not be completed in
time for Aug. 31, the date set by
the Knesset last month for the
elections.
MK Mordechai Surkiss, chair-
man of the election committee, had
asked Warhaftig to secure the
postponement.
The legal complications were
caused by an appeal to the high
court two weeks ago on the part
of four Haifa men, who filed pro-
tests against various decisions
of the election committee. They
claimed that It was unreasonable
for the present two chief rabbis,
themselves up for re-election, to
be members of the appeals com-
mission bearing appeals from the
election committee rulings.
Shlomo Goren, Tel Aviv thief rabbi,
out of the chief rabbinate.
The right-wing circle believes
that the closer the date of the
national elections approaches in
the fall of 197:.., the less will be
the pressure to hold the rabbin-
ate elections.
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The reasoning behind this think-
ing apparently is that the closer
the national elections are, the less
the National Religious Party will
want to anger its more Orthodox
for Rabbi
voters by pressing
Goren's election, as it is doing at
The court upheld this contention.
present.
and as a result, three members of
-
M e a nwh i I e, incumbent Chief
the election committee resigned.
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The three, all rabbis, claimed that Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, who
they too might be candidates to the is more acceptable to the rightists,
chief rabbinate council, and there- will remain in office.
fore could no longer take part in
the election preparations.
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One of the three has since been
replaced, and the election commit-
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legal quorum of three out of five.
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