Jair Melchior

Jair Melchior (* 1982 in Norway ) has been Chief Rabbi of Denmark since September 1, 2014 .

Life

Jair Melchior comes from a family that had been rabbis in Copenhagen for seven previous generations . His father Michael Melchior was a member of the Knesset and was Chief Rabbi of Norway for three decades, his grandfather Bent Melchior was a Danish Chief Rabbi and a renowned cultural scientist from 1970 to 1996, his great-grandfather Marcus Melchior was a Danish Chief Rabbi from 1947 to 1969. In 1986 his father's family moved to Israel , where Jair grew up and trained as a rabbi. Nevertheless, he has a fair command of the Danish language. In 2013 Det Jødiske Samfund i Danmark (The Jewish Community in Denmark), one of the three recognized Jewish religious associations in Denmark, to which around 2000 of an estimated 8000 Jews in the country belong, appointed him Chief Rabbi. He took over the office from Bent Lexner , who had been Bent Melchior's successor since 1996. After his appointment, Jair Melchior moved to Denmark. He has three children with his wife Tali, a Hebrew teacher at the Carolineskolen Jewish private school in Copenhagen.

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1. ↑ Rabbi søger menighed . Atlas. September 5, 2014. Accessed March 27, 2018.