About 47 years after Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ruled that Judaism should not be doubted, the Chief Rabbinate Council accepted its ruling • Atim Organization: "An important step in the struggle for a just attitude towards the diversity of communities in Israel"
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The Chief Rabbinate Council last November adopted the ruling of the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in recognition of Ethiopian Jewry, this evening (Sunday) was revealed in the news here 11.
"We applaud the decision of the Chief Rabbinate Council," he said. "About 47 years have passed since Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Zatzal's ruling unequivocally does not question the Jewishness of Ethiopian Jews, as it is based on a ruling tradition that began during the reign of Rabbi David Ben Zemra, one of the greatest Egyptian rabbis in the 16th century.
"In recent years, we have accompanied and represented several cases of discrimination and injustice against Ethiopian immigrants, which are related to their appeal against Judaism and derive, inter alia, from the questioning of the religious establishment in their affiliation with the Jewish people. Right to the variety of communities in the State of Israel.
"We are looking forward to enforcing this decision in practice and we hope that it will serve as a basis for historical redress and the cessation of discrimination against the Ethiopian community, an ancient and glorious Jewish community."
