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'''René-Samuel Sirat''' ({{lang-he|רנה-שמואל סירא}}; 13 November 1930 – 10 February 2023) was a French rabbi who served as {{ill|Chief Rabbi of France|fr|Grand-rabbin de France}} from 1981 to 1988.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bevilacqua|first=Arnaud|date=10 February 2023|title=L’ancien grand rabbin de France René-Samuel Sirat est mort|trans-title= |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Lancien-grand-rabbin-France-Rene-Samuel-Sirat-mort-2023-02-10-1201254626|language=French|work=[[La Croix (newspaper)|La Croix]]|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> He was also a director of the Hebrew studies department at the [[Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales]].
'''René-Samuel Sirat''' ({{lang-he|רנה-שמואל סירא}}; 13 November 1930 – 10 February 2023) was a French [[rabbi]] who served as [[Chief Rabbi of France]] from 1981 to 1988.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bevilacqua|first=Arnaud|date=10 February 2023|title=L'ancien grand rabbin de France René-Samuel Sirat est mort|trans-title= |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Lancien-grand-rabbin-France-Rene-Samuel-Sirat-mort-2023-02-10-1201254626|language=French|work=[[La Croix (newspaper)|La Croix]]|access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> He was also a director of the [[Hebrew studies]] department at the [[Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Sirat was born in [[Annaba|Bône]], French Algeria<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] for further guidance -->, on 13 November 1930. His first language was [[Arabic]], and he later learned French. Sirat was allowed to attend schools during the [[Vichy government]] despite being a Jew because his father fought at [[Battle of Verdun|Verdun]] in [[World War I]]. In 1946, Sirat moved to mainland France to study at the [[yeshiva]] in [[Aix-les-Bains]]. He later attended the Jewish Seminary of France in Paris, becoming its youngest graduate at age 21.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=10 February 2023 |title=Le Grand Rabbin René-Samuel Sirat Z'l, 92 ans, est décédé |trans-title=Grand Rabbi René-Samuel Sirat Z'l, 92, has died |url=https://www.jforum.fr/le-grand-rabbin-rene-samuel-sirat-zl-92-ans-est-decede.html |access-date=17 February 2023 |website=JForum |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=11 February 2023 |title=Trauer um Frankreichs früheren Oberrabbiner |trans-title=Mourning for France's former chief rabbi |url=https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/juedische-welt/trauer-um-frankreichs-frueheren-oberrabbiner/ |access-date=17 February 2023 |website=Jüdische Allgemeine |language=de}}</ref>


In 1952, Sirat became a [[rabbi]] in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], then at [[Toulouse]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Rabbin René-Samuel Sirat, La joie austère, éd Cerf, 1990 |url=http://pagesfeuilletees.free.fr/chroniques/RSSirat.htm |work=Pages feuilletées |language=French}}</ref> Sirat returned to Paris four years later, where he became a rabbi and teacher of [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. In 1962, one of his brothers was killed in a terrorist attack in Algeria during the [[Algerian Civil War|civil war]]. Sirat would later serve as a translator for President [[Charles de Gaulle]], and co-founded the University Center for Jewish Studies. Sirat was also key in convincing the French minister of education to establish a chair of [[Hebrew studies]] at [[INALCO]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
===Early life and family===
Born in [[Annaba|Bône]], [[French Algeria]] on 13 November 1930, Sirat was the son of Ichoua Sirat and Oureida Atlan.{{cn}} His two brothers died at a young age; one was killed by a drunk driver on the [[Champs-Élysées]], and another was killed in the [[Algerian War]] in 1962.{{cn}} He had three children, Hélène, Gabriel, and Annie, from his first marriage with {{ill|Colette Sirat|fr|lt=Colette Salamon}}, whom he divorced in 1973.{{cn}} He was remarried to Nicole Holzmann in 1978.{{cn}} After his retirement, he moved to [[Jerusalem]].


In 1980, Sirat was elected [[Chief Rabbi of France]], taking office the following year. During his seven-year term, Sirat oversaw the banning of microphones and organs during the [[Shabbat]], and was described as a "fervent [[Zionist]]".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He participated in the first {{ill|Incontro interreligioso di Assisi|it}} in 1986 alongside [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Zenit">{{cite news |last=Bourdin |first=Anita |date=16 March 2018 |title=Le pape François reçoit le rabbin français René-Samuel Sirat |language=French |trans-title= |agency=[[Zenit News Agency]] |url=https://fr.zenit.org/2018/03/16/le-pape-francois-recoit-le-rabbin-francais-rene-samuel-sirat/ |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> In 1997, he called for the abolition of the [[party-list proportional representation]] system in Israel.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 March 1997 |title=Interview René-Samuel Sirat |language=French |trans-title= |work=[[Le Point]] |url=http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-monde/2007-01-26/interview-rene-samuel-sirat/924/0/96403 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 February 2023 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131207113436/http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-monde/2007-01-26/interview-rene-samuel-sirat/924/0/96403 |archivedate=7 December 2013}}</ref> In 1999, he co-founded the ''Fondation pour la recherche et le dialogue interreligieux et inter-culturels'' in [[Geneva]] alongside [[Pope Benedict XVI|Joseph Ratzinger]] and the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoffner |first=Anne-Bénédicte |date=11 September 2008 |title=René-Samuel Sirat : " Benoît XVI est un pionnier du dialogue avec la culture " |language=French |trans-title= |work=La Croix |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Rene-Samuel-Sirat-Benoit-XVI-est-un-pionnier-du-dialogue-avec-la-culture-_NG_-2008-09-11-675927 |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> In 2000, Sirat gained the attention of President of the United States [[Bill Clinton]] for the foundation of the Faculty of Book Religion at the University of France of Morocco.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 November 2000 |title=Letter of René-Samuel Sirat to Mr. Bill Clinton |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/sirat.pdf}}</ref> He was the founding director of the [[UNESCO]] committee "Knowledge of the Religion of the Book and Education for Peace".<ref name="Zenit" />
===Career===
In 1952, Sirat became a rabbi in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], then [[Toulouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pagesfeuilletees.free.fr/chroniques/RSSirat.htm|title=Grand Rabbin René-Samuel Sirat, La joie austère, éd Cerf, 1990|work=Pages feuilletées|language=French}}</ref> He was elected Chief Rabbi of France in 1980, serving his mandate during the term of [[President of France|President]] [[François Mitterrand]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=10 June 1980|title=À PARTIR DU 1er JANVIER 1981 M. René Sirat succédera à M. Jacob Kaplan comme grand rabbin de France|trans-title= |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1980/06/10/a-partir-du-1er-janvier-1981-m-rene-sirat-succedera-a-m-jacob-kaplan-comme-grand-rabbin-de-france_3071895_1819218.html|language=French|work=[[Le Monde]]|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> He did not stand for re-election in 1987.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=16 June 1987|title=M. Jo Sitruk est élu grand rabbin de France Un sépharade de choc|trans-title= |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1987/06/16/m-jo-sitruk-est-elu-grand-rabbin-de-france-un-sepharade-de-choc_4047861_1819218.html|language=French|work=Le Monde|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> During his time as Chief Rabbi, he served as co-moderator of the World Conference of [[Religions for Peace]]. He participated in the first {{ill|Incontro interreligioso di Assisi|it}} in 1986 alongside [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Zenit">{{cite news |last=Bourdin|first=Anita|date=16 March 2018|title=Le pape François reçoit le rabbin français René-Samuel Sirat|trans-title= |url=https://fr.zenit.org/2018/03/16/le-pape-francois-recoit-le-rabbin-francais-rene-samuel-sirat/|language=French|work=[[Zenit News Agency]]|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> In 1997, he called for the abolition of the [[party-list proportional representation]] system in Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=8 March 1997|title=Interview René-Samuel Sirat|trans-title= |url=http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-monde/2007-01-26/interview-rene-samuel-sirat/924/0/96403|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/7sTIi|archivedate=7 December 2013|language=French|work=[[Le Point]]|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> In 1999, he co-founded the ''Fondation pour la recherche et le dialogue interreligieux et inter-culturels'' in [[Geneva]] alongside [[Pope Benedict XVI|Joseph Ratzinger]] and the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoffner|first=Anne-Bénédicte|date=11 September 2008|title=René-Samuel Sirat : « Benoît XVI est un pionnier du dialogue avec la culture »|trans-title= |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Rene-Samuel-Sirat-Benoit-XVI-est-un-pionnier-du-dialogue-avec-la-culture-_NG_-2008-09-11-675927|language=French|work=La Croix|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref>


In 2000, Sirat gained the attention of [[President of the United States]] [[Bill Clinton]] for the foundation of the Faculty of Book Religion at the University of France of Morocco.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/sirat.pdf|title=Letter of René-Samuel Sirat to Mr. Bill Clinton|date=23 November 2000|work=Washington Post}}</ref> He was the founding director of the [[UNESCO]] committee "Knowledge of the Religion of the Book and Education for Peace".<ref name="Zenit"/> He was founding president of the Institut universitaire européen Rachi de Troyes,<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=27 December 2007|title=Séance d'ouverture - Allocution du Grand Rabbin Sirat|trans-title= |url=http://www.imamsetrabbins.org/fr/publications/detail/1/10/32|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/223xm|archivedate=7 December 2013|language=French|work=[[World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace]]|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> which he co-founded alongside [[Robert Galley]], [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Troyes]] from 1972 to 1995, and to which he donated his [[Talmud|Talmudaic]] library in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chalautre|first=Olivier|date=16 September 2017|title=Troyes redevient la ville de Rachi|trans-title= |url=https://fr.timesofisrael.com/troyes-redevient-la-ville-de-rachi/|language=French|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> He was a supporter of UNESCO's [[Project Aladdin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/assets/files/siratFR.pdf|title=Le message du Grand Rabbin René Samuel Sirat, ancien Grand Rabbin de France|work=Project Aladdin|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211174402/http://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/assets/files/siratFR.pdf|archivedate=11 December 2013}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Israelite Central Consistory of France]] and president of the Académie Hillel.<ref name="Zenit"/>
Sirat moved to [[Jerusalem]] in 2013, and continued advocating for the [[State of Israel]]. He was founding president of the Institut universitaire européen Rachi de Troyes, and donated his [[Talmud]]ic library to the institution in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 December 2007 |title=Séance d'ouverture Allocution du Grand Rabbin Sirat |language=French |trans-title= |work=[[World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace]] |url=http://www.imamsetrabbins.org/fr/publications/detail/1/10/32 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 February 2023 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131207110856/http://www.imamsetrabbins.org/fr/publications/detail/1/10/32 |archivedate=7 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chalautre |first=Olivier |date=16 September 2017 |title=Troyes redevient la ville de Rachi |language=French |trans-title= |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |url=https://fr.timesofisrael.com/troyes-redevient-la-ville-de-rachi/ |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> Sirat was also a moderator of the World Conference of [[Religions for Peace]], and met with [[Pope Francis]] in 2018. He was a supporter of UNESCO's [[Project Aladdin]], was a member of the [[Israelite Central Consistory of France]], and served as president of the Académie Hillel.<ref name="Zenit" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Le message du Grand Rabbin René Samuel Sirat, ancien Grand Rabbin de France |url=http://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/assets/files/siratFR.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211174402/http://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/assets/files/siratFR.pdf |archivedate=11 December 2013 |work=Project Aladdin |language=French}}</ref>


Sirat died in Jerusalem on 10 February 2023, at age 92.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 February 2023 |title=Décès de l'ancien Grand Rabbin de France René-Samuel Sirat |language=French |trans-title= |work=The Times of Israel |url=https://fr.timesofisrael.com/deces-de-lancien-grand-rabbin-de-france-rene-samuel-sirat/ |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref>
===Death===
René-Samuel Sirat died in Jerusalem on 10 February 2023, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=10 February 2023|title=Décès de l’ancien Grand Rabbin de France René-Samuel Sirat|trans-title= |url=https://fr.timesofisrael.com/deces-de-lancien-grand-rabbin-de-france-rene-samuel-sirat/|language=French|work=The Times of Israel|location= |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref>


==Decorations==
==Decorations==
*Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] (1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000758736|title=Décret du 31 décembre 1998 portant promotion et nomination|date=1 January 1999|work=Légifrance|language=French}}</ref>
*Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] (1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000758736|title=Décret du 31 décembre 1998 portant promotion et nomination|date=1 January 1999|work=Légifrance|language=French}}</ref>
*Grand Officer of the [[Ordre national du Mérite]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrecomparis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179:rene-samuel-sirat-honore&catid=29:actualite-vie-juive&Itemid=50|title=René Samuel Sirat honoré|work=Centre communitaire de Paris|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/wbFpw|archivedate=28 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000022209536|title=Décret du 14 mai 2010 portant élévation aux dignités de grand'croix et de grand officier|date=15 May 2010|work=Légifrance|language=French}}</ref>
*Grand Officer of the [[Ordre national du Mérite]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrecomparis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179:rene-samuel-sirat-honore&catid=29:actualite-vie-juive&Itemid=50|title=René Samuel Sirat honoré|work=Centre communitaire de Paris|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130628210106/http://www.centrecomparis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179:rene-samuel-sirat-honore&catid=29:actualite-vie-juive&Itemid=50|archivedate=28 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000022209536|title=Décret du 14 mai 2010 portant élévation aux dignités de grand'croix et de grand officier|date=15 May 2010|work=Légifrance|language=French}}</ref>


==Publications==
<!--==Publications==
*''La joie austère'' (1990)
*''La joie austère'' (1990)
*''La tendresse de Dieu'' (1996)
*''La tendresse de Dieu'' (1996)
*''Héritages de Rachi''
*''Héritages de Rachi''
*''Juifs, chrétiens, musulmans : lectures qui rassemblent, lectures qui séparent'' (with [[Olivier de Berranger]] & [[Youssef Seddik (philosopher)|Youssef Seddik]], 2007)
*''Juifs, chrétiens, musulmans : lectures qui rassemblent, lectures qui séparent'' (with [[Olivier de Berranger]] & [[Youssef Seddik (philosopher)|Youssef Seddik]], 2007)
-->


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Revision as of 21:14, 9 April 2024

René-Samuel Sirat
רנה-שמואל סירא
Sirat in 2019
Chief Rabbi of France
In office
1981–1988
Preceded byJacob Kaplan [fr]
Succeeded byJoseph Sitruk
Personal details
Born(1930-11-13)13 November 1930
Bône, French Algeria
Died10 February 2023(2023-02-10) (aged 92)
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationRabbi

René-Samuel Sirat (Hebrew: רנה-שמואל סירא; 13 November 1930 – 10 February 2023) was a French rabbi who served as Chief Rabbi of France from 1981 to 1988.[1] He was also a director of the Hebrew studies department at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales.

Biography

Sirat was born in Bône, French Algeria, on 13 November 1930. His first language was Arabic, and he later learned French. Sirat was allowed to attend schools during the Vichy government despite being a Jew because his father fought at Verdun in World War I. In 1946, Sirat moved to mainland France to study at the yeshiva in Aix-les-Bains. He later attended the Jewish Seminary of France in Paris, becoming its youngest graduate at age 21.[2][3]

In 1952, Sirat became a rabbi in Clermont-Ferrand, then at Toulouse.[4] Sirat returned to Paris four years later, where he became a rabbi and teacher of Hebrew. In 1962, one of his brothers was killed in a terrorist attack in Algeria during the civil war. Sirat would later serve as a translator for President Charles de Gaulle, and co-founded the University Center for Jewish Studies. Sirat was also key in convincing the French minister of education to establish a chair of Hebrew studies at INALCO.[2][3]

In 1980, Sirat was elected Chief Rabbi of France, taking office the following year. During his seven-year term, Sirat oversaw the banning of microphones and organs during the Shabbat, and was described as a "fervent Zionist".[2][3] He participated in the first Incontro interreligioso di Assisi [it] in 1986 alongside Pope John Paul II.[5] In 1997, he called for the abolition of the party-list proportional representation system in Israel.[6] In 1999, he co-founded the Fondation pour la recherche et le dialogue interreligieux et inter-culturels in Geneva alongside Joseph Ratzinger and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.[7] In 2000, Sirat gained the attention of President of the United States Bill Clinton for the foundation of the Faculty of Book Religion at the University of France of Morocco.[8] He was the founding director of the UNESCO committee "Knowledge of the Religion of the Book and Education for Peace".[5]

Sirat moved to Jerusalem in 2013, and continued advocating for the State of Israel. He was founding president of the Institut universitaire européen Rachi de Troyes, and donated his Talmudic library to the institution in 2017.[9][10] Sirat was also a moderator of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, and met with Pope Francis in 2018. He was a supporter of UNESCO's Project Aladdin, was a member of the Israelite Central Consistory of France, and served as president of the Académie Hillel.[5][11]

Sirat died in Jerusalem on 10 February 2023, at age 92.[12]

Decorations


References

  1. ^ Bevilacqua, Arnaud (10 February 2023). "L'ancien grand rabbin de France René-Samuel Sirat est mort". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Le Grand Rabbin René-Samuel Sirat Z'l, 92 ans, est décédé" [Grand Rabbi René-Samuel Sirat Z'l, 92, has died]. JForum (in French). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Trauer um Frankreichs früheren Oberrabbiner" [Mourning for France's former chief rabbi]. Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Grand Rabbin René-Samuel Sirat, La joie austère, éd Cerf, 1990". Pages feuilletées (in French).
  5. ^ a b c Bourdin, Anita (16 March 2018). "Le pape François reçoit le rabbin français René-Samuel Sirat" (in French). Zenit News Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Interview René-Samuel Sirat". Le Point (in French). 8 March 1997. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ Hoffner, Anne-Bénédicte (11 September 2008). "René-Samuel Sirat : " Benoît XVI est un pionnier du dialogue avec la culture "". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Letter of René-Samuel Sirat to Mr. Bill Clinton" (PDF). The Washington Post. 23 November 2000.
  9. ^ "Séance d'ouverture – Allocution du Grand Rabbin Sirat". World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace (in French). 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  10. ^ Chalautre, Olivier (16 September 2017). "Troyes redevient la ville de Rachi". The Times of Israel (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Le message du Grand Rabbin René Samuel Sirat, ancien Grand Rabbin de France" (PDF). Project Aladdin (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Décès de l'ancien Grand Rabbin de France René-Samuel Sirat". The Times of Israel (in French). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 1998 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). 1 January 1999.
  14. ^ "René Samuel Sirat honoré". Centre communitaire de Paris (in French). Archived from the original on 28 June 2013.
  15. ^ "Décret du 14 mai 2010 portant élévation aux dignités de grand'croix et de grand officier". Légifrance (in French). 15 May 2010.