«Sacks is due to retire in September 2013. The announcement of a successor is scheduled to take place in the fourth quarter of 2012. The crux of the difference between rabbis Broyde and Soloveichik seems to be in their attitude
to the London Beth Din. Although it is part of the United Synagogue (the centrist Orthodox
organization which the chief rabbi officially heads), the majority of the Beth Din’s religious
judges have for decades been ultra-Orthodox, and no chief rabbi has managed to assert
his authority over them.» Top US law professor emerges as frontrunner for British chief rabbi post | T
he Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/top-us-law-prof-and-dayan-emerges-as-frontrunner- for-british-chief-rabbi-broyde-soloveichik-sacks/
Shalom and Regards, RRW
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