Rabbinate’s offices in Jerusalem may become theme park
by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- Jerusalem's Hechal Shlomo, formerly the seat of the Chief Rabbinate, is to become a Jewish theme park modeled, The building's director, Yeshayahu Barzel said an estimated $18 million may be raised to transform the site into a Jewish versio
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The move ended a long period of dissatisfaction with Hechal Shlomo, built by Sir Isaac Wolfson to house the Chief Rabbinate, but operated by an independent authority.
Among the complaints was that the offices of the Sephardi chief rabbi were smaller and less grand than those of his Ashkenazi counterpart. The Chief Rabbinate also had to pay what it considered to be an excessive rent.
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