Mordechai Piron
Mordechai Piron (
Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ), the biggest Jewish congregation in Switzerland
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Rabbi Piron has published several books on Jewish philosophy and theology and was the head of the The Elijah Interfaith Institute.[4]
Life and military career
Born in
ordained as a rabbi.[5]
Piron served in the IDF since 1948, becoming second-in-command to chief military rabbi Shlomo Goren and succeeding him in 1969.[2] He died in Jerusalem on 28 May 2014.[7]
Controversy
Rabbi Piron officiated at the wedding of Chanoch Langer. The disputed legitimacy of this wedding was settled in 1972 with "The Brother and Sister verdict" of Rabbi Goren as chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, a years-long case that made front-page headlines in Israel.[citation needed]
References
- ISBN 9789057020834. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ a b c Brenner, Bayla Sheva. "Rabbi Mordechai Piron: Israel's Rabbi on the Front lines". Jewish Action. The Magazine of the Orthodox Union. Archived from the original on 2008-04-08.
- ^ "CJCUC Joins IJCIR as Partner". 29 March 2011.
- ^ The Elijah Interfaith Institute - Jewish Members of the Board of World Religious Leaders
- ^ ISBN 978-3-205-05561-7.
- ^ Who's who Israel 1968. 1968.
- ^ Sharon, Jeremy (2014-05-29). "Hagana vet, former IDF Chief Rabbi Mordechai Piron dies | JPost | Israel News". JPost. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
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