Dr. David Kahane, an authority on Jewish religious law and former rabbi in Warsaw, has been named the new Chief Rabbi of Argentina, it was announced here today by Zvi Fainguersch, president of the Central Council of the Jewish Communities in Argentina and of the Buenos Aires Kehilla.
The author of a number of works in the field of halachah, Rabbi Kahane was a Polish Army chaplain during the Nazi invasion of that country and later served as Chief Rabbi of the Polish forces in the territories liberated from the Nazis. In 1945, he was designated as chairman of the Vaad Hakehilot in Poland. In 1950, Rabbi Kahane immigrated to Israel.
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