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Roots of the Jewish Power Struggle Roiling Israel: Noah Feldman
©2015 Bloomberg View NT1DAI6JTSEA (Bloomberg View) — Should the Jews have a pope? For most of the last 2,000 years, the answer has been “no.” Rabbinic authority has been decentralized, with each community choosing its own religious leaders to follow. But now Israel’s Chief Rabbinate is seeking to monopolize and