November 29, 2005
The Conference of European Rabbis has urged rabbis to boycott the Jewish community of Zagreb, Croatia. The boycott would stand until the dismissal of Zagreb’s former chief rabbi, Kotel Dadon, is resolved. The conference’s standing committee, meeting in Rome this week, issued a strong statement of support for Dadon. He served as Zagreb’s rabbi for seven years, but the community leadership refused to renew his contract this summer. Dadon contested his dismissal and has remained in Zagreb with the support of a number of Zagreb Jewish community members. The conference called on other rabbis not to apply for the Zagreb post until the Zagreb community leadership explains to a rabbinical court why it dismissed Dadon.
