Toaff, Elio
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Birth Date
- 1915-04-30
Death Date
- 2015-04-19
Birth Place
- Livorno (Italy)
Associated Language
- Italian
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Sources
- found: His Perfidi giudei fratelli maggiori, 1987:t.p. (Elio Toaff) jkt (b. 4-30-15, Livorno)
- found: LC data base, 9-12-88(hdg.: Toaff, Elio)
- found: New York times (online), viewed Apr. 21, 2015(in obituary published Apr. 20: Elio Toaff; b. Apr. 30, 1915, Livorno; d. Sunday [Apr. 19, 2015], Rome, aged 99; chief rabbi of Rome for half a century, who as a leader of Italian Jewry during its revival after World War II helped forge more amicable relations between Jews and the Vatican; after the war served as chief rabbi of Venice; chosen as spiritual leader of the Jews of Rome in 1951; retired in 2002)
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Change Notes
- 1988-09-14: new
- 2015-04-21: revised
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