An Israeli religious delegation headed by Sephardi Chief Rabbi Bakshi-Doron departed yesterday for Alexandria, Egypt, to participate in an \"Interfaith Summit\" together with leaders of Christianity and Islam. The gathering, the first of its kind in the Middle East, was initiated by Deputy Foreign Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior, in cooperation with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey (the head of the Anglican Church). President Moshe Katzav sent a special blessing for the summit, which will last three days and end with a press conference. Egypt\'s President Mubarak will receive members of the delegations at the Presidential Palace in Cairo.
Participating religious leaders will be Rabbis Bakshi-Doron, Melchior, David Rosen, Menachem Froman, Rabbi Brodman; Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi (the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar), Sheikh Taisir Tamimi (Chief Justice of the Sharia Courts in the Palestinian Authority), Sheikh Tal El Sider (one of the highest religious authorities in the PA); and the heads of the Churches in the region, headed by the Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah.
Participating religious leaders will be Rabbis Bakshi-Doron, Melchior, David Rosen, Menachem Froman, Rabbi Brodman; Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi (the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar), Sheikh Taisir Tamimi (Chief Justice of the Sharia Courts in the Palestinian Authority), Sheikh Tal El Sider (one of the highest religious authorities in the PA); and the heads of the Churches in the region, headed by the Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah.