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...Last week, however, by a vote of 46 to 41, a council of rabbis and civic representatives elected him chief rabbi of Tel Aviv's Ashkenazi (European) Jews, the second most powerful rabbinicai post in the Jewish nation. The election makes Goren the man most likely to succeed Isser Unterman, 82, as Ashkenazi chief rabbi of all Israel...
...Isser Harel is one of the most respected men in Israel. For 15 years he directed Shin Bet, the nation's secret intelligence organization, which ranks as one of the world's finest. When the peppery little superspy retired in 1963, it was only natural that the government should invite him to continue to make his talents available on an advisory basis. And so it did. Last year Harel became personal adviser to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on matters of state security...
...Aviv office of Israel's Chief Rabbi Isser Unterman, twelve black-coated rabbis solemnly recited their afternoon prayers and then sold several thousand acres of Israeli farm land to a smiling Arab sheik in return for his promissory note for 500,000 Israeli pounds. In exchange for a deposit of $17 down, the rabbis handed over legal ownership of the property to Abdullah Abu Kishek, then toasted the transaction with soda...