Intelligence community officials have informed prominent rabbinical figures that they have been targeted by terrorists and instructed the rabbis to act accordingly.
Chief Rabbis Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar have been informed by intelligence community officials that they are potential targets for terrorists and must take the appropriate precautions. Also on the terrorists' lists are Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau and leading Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri.
Some of the rabbis have already made changes in their schedule in compliance with intelligence and security officials' recommendations. Rabbi Yosef, for instance, has canceled some of his public Torah lectures.
Chief Rabbis Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar have been informed by intelligence community officials that they are potential targets for terrorists and must take the appropriate precautions. Also on the terrorists' lists are Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau and leading Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri.
Some of the rabbis have already made changes in their schedule in compliance with intelligence and security officials' recommendations. Rabbi Yosef, for instance, has canceled some of his public Torah lectures.