JERUSALEM: RABBI PINHAS MENAHEM ALTER DIES, AGED 69

Record ID: 646151

  • Title: JERUSALEM: RABBI PINHAS MENAHEM ALTER DIES, AGED 69
  • Date: 7th March 1996
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (MARCH 7, 1996)(RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/LV/SV FUNERAL PROCESSION SHOWING MOURNERS IN LARGE BLACK HATS AND HOLDING UMBRELLAS TRYING TO CLEAR PATH THROUGH THRONG IN MIDST OF RAIN AND WIND STORM / MOURNERS CLEAR PATH THROUGH THRONG BY BEATING WAY THROUGH WITH THEIR HATS (11 SHOTS) 1.05 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 22nd March 1996 12:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA4TQ3XPQTDIXN6OLQ14RMSGPPV
  • Story Text: Rabbi Pinhas Menahem Alter, leader of the Jewish Hassidic sect of Gur, died in Jerusalem on Thursday at the age of 69, a spokesman for Israel's ministry of religious affairs said.

    The Polish-born Alter was president of the Council of Torah Sages, a body of rabbis that directs the Agudath Israel party that for years played a pivotal role in Israeli politics. Agudath Israel is part of United Torah Judaism which holds four seats in parliament.

    Alter's Gur sect has tens of thousands of Orthodox Jewish followers in Israel, Britain, Belgium and the United States.

    Alter's funeral was held later in the day when hundreds of his followers, sheltering under umbrellas and waterproofed hats, surged through the streets in driving winds and rain.


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