Current Affairs 'Stand-off' continues over Prague Jewish Community head posting
It has been a divisive year for Prague's Jewish community. In April, a new leadership was elected on their promise to more handle community affairs in a more "transparent and democratic" way and reach out to non-Orthodox members. Two months later, Prague's chief rabbi, Karol Sidon, was forced to step down from that post. Last week, Tomas Jelinek, the Prague Jewish Community chairman who pushed for Rabbi Sidon to go, barricaded himself in his office, refusing to give up the post he was himself ousted from in November.
Jakub Roth
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