Riccardo Di Segni (born November 13, 1949) is the chief rabbi of

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. A specialist in

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, he is descended from three generations of rabbis. He completed his rabbinical studies in 1973 and was elected chief rabbi of Rome in 2001. In 2005, Di Segni was present at the funeral of

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, with whom he had cordial relations. He has expressed concern over the state of Christian–Jewish dialogue during the papacy of

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, at a time shortly after the Italian Rabbinical Assembly decided to temporarily suspend interfaith talks.Five questions to Rome's chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni
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Works

*1976: ''Guida alle regole alimentari ebraiche'' *1981: ''Le unghie di Adamo'' *1985: ''Il Vangelo del Ghetto'' *1990: ''Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the Library of the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano'' (in English) *1998: ''Noten ta'am leshevach, ta'ame hakashrut baparshanut hayehudit'' (in Hebrew)

References

1949 births Italian Orthodox rabbis Living people Physicians from Rome Italian radiologists 20th-century Italian rabbis 21st-century Italian rabbis Rabbis from Rome {{Italy-rabbi-stub