MK (Shas) Rav Chaim Amsellem is contemplating vacating his Knesset seat to accept a post as a Chief Rabbi of Ashdod. In the past he served as a rav of a community in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Amsellem is a member of well known Abuchatzera family, with the rabbinical family supporting the move, aware of the fact Ashdod is home to a large community of Moroccan immigrants and they feel Rav Amsellem is suitable for the post.
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It is also reported that Maran HaGaon Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita spoke with Rav Amsellem in the past, telling him that his true place is in the Torah world, where a great future awaits him.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)