The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland has announced the appointment of a new Chief Rabbi to the State.
Rabbi Dr Yaakov Pearlman will fill a position which has been vacant since last October when his predecessor, Rabbi Gavin Broder, left to take an appointment in London.
A native of Manchester, England, Rabbi Pearlman has worked in Britain and the United States.
He leaves a post in Rochester, New York State, to come to Ireland.
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He and his wife, Sheila, have four children and six grandchildren.
They will arrive in Dublin next week.
