February 11, 2015
The Sephardi Chief Rabbi Who Sought to End the Sephardi-Ashkenazi Divide
Throughout his life, Ben-Zion Meir Hai Ouziel (1880-1953), the first Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel, held fast to a vision of breaking down the divisions among Ashkenazim, Sephardim, and Jews from other lands. Daniel Bouskila writes:
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