Hats in the Ring: Choosing Britain's Chief Rabbis from Adler to Sacks

by Meir Persoff

Book Overview

Prior to the latest Chief Rabbinical selection process, seven eminent rabbis were appointed to British Jewry's highest ecclesiastical post, although only six were installed and saw out their terms of office. The manner of their appointment was invariably coloured by intrigue, in-fighting and a host of other influences, not least an increasingly potent input by the dayanim of the London Beth Din, themselves not immune to strategic self-interest. Meir...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618112694
• ISBN13: 9781618112699
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"