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((Jerusalem sidebar))

The position of '''Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem''' was instituted centuries ago and was originally held by  a member of the [[Sephardic]] community. [[Moses Galante (the Younger)|Moses Galante]] served as [[Rishon LeZion (title)|Rishon LeZion]], the title used from beginning of the 17th century to refer to the chief rabbi of Jerusalem.((citation-needed|date=April 2016))((dubious|date=April 2016)) In 1878, the [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] community appointed their own representative. Since then, [[Jerusalem]] has had two chief rabbis, each representing their respective communities.

Since the establishment of the [[State of Israel]], the function of chief rabbi includes representing the city in high level diplomatic meetings and important ceremonies. The position can be held until the age of 75 but can be extended till the age of 80.<ref>Wagner, Matthew. [https://www.jpost.com/israel/jerusalem-launches-election-for-chief-rabbi Jerusalem launches election for chief rabbi], Jerusalem Post, (November 17, 2005)</ref>

==Official Ashkenazic representation==
[[Image:Shmuel Salant.jpg|thumb|100px|Rabbi Shmuel Salant]]
Although an informal Ashkenazi [[rabbinical court]] existed in Jerusalem from 1837 with [[Zundel Salant]] at its helm, it was not until 1841 that his son-in-law, [[Shmuel Salant]], opened a proper [[Beis Din]] in a room at the [[Hurva]] complex. In 1860, Salant appointed [[Meir Aurbach]] to replace him as chief rabbi. Upon his death in 1878, the post returned to Salant who held it until his death in 1909.<ref>Rossoff, Dovid. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zhdp9btWGWQC&dq=%22Meir+Auerbach%22+chief+rabbi+jerusalem&pg=PA233 Where heaven touches earth], Feldheim Publishers, 2001. Pg. 233. ((ISBN|0873068793))</ref> Through his efforts after he retook office in 1878, Salant was able to procure the dignities previously granted by the Ottoman government only to the Sephardim, for the Ashkenazim as well. He became the first official Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.<ref>James Finn, Arnold Blumberg. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lXGf39q2UDYC&dq=%22CHIEF+RABBI+OF+jERUSALEM%22&pg=PA46 A View from Jerusalem, 1849-1958: The Consular Diary of James and Elizabeth Anne Finn], Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1970. pg. 46. ((ISBN|0838622712))</ref>

At the turn of the 20th century, an aging Salant approached [[Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld]] to assist him, but he refused the offer.((citation-needed|date=April 2016)) In 1898 a letter was sent to [[Chaim Ozer Grodzinski]] of Vilna requesting his advice in the matter. This resulted in [[Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim]] being appointed in 1901 as chief rabbi. However, Rabinowitz-Teomim predeceased him in 1905 aged 62. Four years later Salant died aged 93, and [[Chaim Berlin]] of Moscow, son of the [[Netziv]], took the position. Berlin died 3 years later in 1912. With Zonnenfeld still refusing to take up the offer and another candidate, Yitzchak Yerucham Diskin choosing to remain director of the [[Diskin Orphanage]], the position was unfilled.

[[Abraham Isaac Kook]], rabbi of [[Jaffa]] until 1914, became Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1919. In 1921 he established the Chief Rabbinate for the Jewish community in Palestine. He remained chief rabbi until his death in 1935.<ref>Lifshitz, Berach. [https://books.google.com/books?id=O9Y-OO1uwL0C&dq=%22chief+rabbi+of+Jerusalem%22&pg=PA122 The Jewish Law Annual], Routledge, 2008, pg. 122. ((ISBN|0415457238))</ref> In 1936 [[Tzvi Pesach Frank]] was elected Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, and held the position until his death in 1960.<ref>Berniker, Bernard. [https://books.google.com/books?id=898PAQAAIAAJ&q=%22zvi+Pesach+Frank%22+chief+rabbi+Jerusalem Great rabbis, 46 portraits in pen & ink], Feldheim, 1978. ((ISBN|0873061446))</ref> Yitzchak Kolitz was appointed the city's Ashkenazi chief rabbi in 1983.<ref>Febdel, Hillel. [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135352 Religious-Zionists Protest "Chief Rabbi" Grab], ''Arutz Sheva'', (January 4, 2010)</ref> [[Aryeh Stern]] replaced him on October 22, 2014 after the position had been vacant for eleven years following the passing of Kolitz in 2003.<ref>((cite news |last=Sharon|first=Jeremy |date=August 31, 2014 |title=After 11 years, date set for election of chief rabbis of Jerusalem |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/After-11-years-date-set-for-election-of-chief-rabbis-of-Jerusalem-373013|newspaper=Jerusalem Post |access-date=2015-07-12 ))</ref> [[Shlomo Amar]] was simultaneously elected the Sephardi chief rabbi.

==Current election process==
[[File:Rabbi Stern.jpg|thumb|100px|Rabbi Aryeh Stern]]
In 2003–2014 there was no Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem  and the election process is proving controversial. In dispute is the process that brought about the creation of a 24-man body that represents Jerusalem's synagogues. This is half of the 48-person electoral body responsible for choosing the two rabbis. Presently, the 24-man body is made up of 19 haredi representatives and five religious Zionists.<ref name=JP>Wagner, Matthew. [https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Chief-rabbi-electing-process-tainted 'Chief rabbi electing process tainted'], Jeruslam Post, (January 6, 2010)</ref>

The vote resulted with the election of Rabbi Aryeh Stern with a majority of 27 of the 48 representatives from the city's synagogues, city councils, and voters appointed by [[Naftali Bennett]].<ref>((cite news |last=Ettinger |first=Yair |date=October 21, 2014 |title=After eleven year hiatus, Jerusalem has chief rabbis again |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.622026 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=2015-07-28 ))</ref> He had been elected the candidate of the [[Religious Zionism]] sector in 2009.<ref>((cite web |last= ברוך |first=עוזי|script-title=he:המועמד הציוני הנבחר: הרב אריה שטרן|url= http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/193617|date= 27 August 2009|publisher= Israel National News |access-date=29 August 2009|language=he))</ref> Jerusalem mayor [[Nir Barkat]] was against the appointment of two [[Haredi]] chief rabbis and wanted one of the elected rabbis to belong to the [[religious Zionist]] stream of Judaism. He stated that "the chief rabbi has an important role as representative of the city and its citizens. He must be a figure engaged in issues connected to all segments of the city's population and understand the needs of the entire population that receives religious services." "It is only proper that the chief rabbis of the capital be chosen in a democratic way that reflects the population. Therefore, I am pushing for the creation of an electoral body... that represents the true makeup of the Jerusalem's Jewish populatuon: two third general population, a third haredi."<ref name=JP/> Others had suggested that the citizens of Jerusalem elect the rabbis themselves.<ref>Schlesinger, Barry. [http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3763565,00.html Involve clientele in choosing Jerusalem’s chief rabbi], Ynet, (August 18, 2009)</ref> Upon his election, Rabbi Stern said, "It is in my intention to serve as the rabbi of all Jerusalemites: secular, modern-orthodox and charedi alike. The Jerusalem rabbinate is a great merit, but it also comprises a hefty responsibility. I will make sure that the religious services will become accessible and friendly and will serve as an outstanding model for all of the other rabbinates in Israel".<ref>((cite news |date=October 21, 2014 |title=Amar, Stern voted as Jerusalem chief rabbis |url= http://www.timesofisrael.com/amar-stern-voted-as-jerusalem-chief-rabbis/|newspaper=Times of Israel |access-date=2015-07-06 ))</ref>

==List==
===Sephardi===
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((further|Chief Rabbinate of Israel))
====16th century====
*[[Levi Ibn Habib]] 
*[[David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra]]
*[[Moshe ben Mordechai Galante]]
*[[Haim Vital]]
*[[Bezalel Ashkenazi]]
*[[Gedaliah Cordovero]]
*[[Isaac Gaon|Yitzhak Gaon]] (?)
*[[Israel Benjamin]]
*[[Jacob Zemah|Yaacov Tzemah]]
*[[Samuel Garmison|Shemuel Garmison]]

====17th century====
*Moshe Ibn Habib (1689–1696)
*Moshe Hayun

====18th century====
*Abraham ben David Yitzchaki (1715–1722)
*Binyamin Maali
*Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730–1748)
*Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754)
*Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754–1756)
*Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771–1772)
*[[Yom Tov Algazi]] (1772–1802)

====19th century====
*[[Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas]] (1802–1805)
*Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817)
*Jacob Coral (1817–1819)
*Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822)
*Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824)
*Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824–1836)
*Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841)
*Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841–1842)
*Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854–1861)
*Haim David Hazan (1861–1869)
*[[Avraham Ashkenazi]] (1869–1880)
*[[Raphael Meir Panigel]] (1880–1892)
*[[Jacob Saul Elyashar|Yaacob Shaul Elyashar]] (1893–1906)

====20th century to present====
*[[Elijah Moses Panigel|Eliyah Moshe Panigel]] (1907–1909)
*Nahman Batito (1909–1911)
*Moshe Franco (1911–1915)
*Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914–1915)
*Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915–1921)
*[[Chalom Messas]] (1978–2003)
*[[Shlomo Amar]] (2014–((As of|2013|alt=present)))
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===Ashkenazi===
((further|Chief Rabbinate of Israel))
====19th century====
*[[Meir Auerbach]] (1860–1871/8)<ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jspartid=2123&letter=A&search=auerbach]((dead link|date=November 2011))</ref>
*[[Shmuel Salant]] (1871/8–1909)<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/08/17/archives/chief-rabbi-salant-dies-in-jerusalem-head-of-the-ashkanezic.html | work=The New York Times | title=CHIEF RABBI SALANT DIES IN JERUSALEM; Head of the Ashkanezic Congregationalists Was an Eminent Talmudist. A FRIEND OF MONTEFIORE Collected Donations for the Building of New Synagogue Bet Ya'akob – Favorite of His People | date=17 August 1909 | access-date=28 April 2010))</ref>

====20th century to present====
*[[Chaim Berlin]] (1909–1912?)((Citation needed|date=February 2007))<!-- he lived in Jerusalem from 1906 until his death in 1912, so could not have served until 1915 -->
<!-- position was vacant for "some years" when Rav Kook took over -->
*[[Abraham Isaac Kook]] (1919–1935)<!-- dates taken from Hebrew WP -->
*[[Tzvi Pesach Frank]] (1936–?)<!-- start date taken from Hebrew WP; he died in 1961 -->
<!-- *? -->
*[[Betzalel Zolty]] (1977–?)<!-- http://www.virtualjudaica.com/Item/31564/Letter_by_R._Bezalel_Zolty; he died in 1982-->
*[[Yitzhak Kolitz]] (1983–2002)
*[[Aryeh Stern]] (2014–((As of|2013|alt=present)))
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==See also==
*[[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]]
*[[Patriarch of Jerusalem (disambiguation)|Patriarch of Jerusalem]] (disambiguation)

==References==
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