The World Zionist Organization establishes the chief…

February 1921 CE

The World Zionist Organization establishes the chief rabbinate in Jerusalem on February 23, 1921.

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Rabbi Ya'akov Meir are elected the first two chief rabbis. (The Sephardic chief rabbi retains the title of Rishon le-Zion.)

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