Shlomo Amar
Shlomo Moshe Amar ( Hebrew שלמה משה עמאר; * 1948 in Casablanca , Morocco ) was one of two chief rabbis in Israel . Shlomo Amar was the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel from 2003 to 2013 .
The other Chief Rabbi during his tenure in Israel, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Jona Metzger , suspended himself from some offices in June 2013 on the basis of corruption allegations, which he denies.
Yitzchak Josef was elected as the successor to the office of the Sephardic Chief Rabbis of Israel in July 2013 .
Web links
Commons : Shlomo Amar - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Sephardi mfa.gov.il: Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar ( Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs )
- Joint Communique of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbis of Israel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sabine Brandes: Chief Rabbi suspends himself: Jona Metzger continues to reject all allegations . Jewish General, June 24, 2013
- ↑ Israel's New Chief Rabbis Are Chosen: Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau In: haaretz.com, accessed on November 22, 2016
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| SURNAME | Amar, Shlomo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amar, Shlomo Moshe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli Chief Rabbi (Sephardim) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casablanca , Morocco |