Position: Co-liason to the Vatican for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL); responsible for Inter-Faith Relations in Israel. Professor at the Jerusalem Center for Near East Studies, Mt. Scopus, Israel. Member, International Jewish Committee for Inter-Religious Consultations; member, State of Israel's delegation on the Permanent Bi-lateral Commission with the Holy See. Founder, Inter-Religious Co-Ordinating Council in Israel. President, World Conference on Religion and Peace.
Achievements: Chief Rabbi of Ireland (1979-1985); co-founder, with the Christian Primates of Ireland, of the Irish Council of Christians and Jews. Senior Rabbi (1975-1979) of the largest Jewish congregation in South Africa; rabbinic judge on the Ecclesiastical Court (Beth Din). Served as chaplain in the Western Sinai.
Vision: Forging deeper relationship between Catholics and Jews worldwide.
Personal: Born and educated in Great Britain; based in Jerusalem.
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