Posts Tagged ‘Rabbi Rasson Arousi’

Israel’s rabbinate asks Pope Francis to explain comments about Judaism

Monday, August 30th, 2021

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has written a letter to Pope Francis conveying its “distress” at comments he made suggesting Jewish law, as written in the Torah, is obsolete. The letter, first reported on by Reuters, was sent by Rabbi Rasson Arousi, chair of the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for Dialogue with the Holy Read more