| LC control no. | n 88056222 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Toaff, Elio |
| Associated place | Venice (Italy) |
| Birth date | 19150430 |
| Death date | 20150419 |
| Place of birth | Livorno (Italy) |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Chief Rabbinate |
| Profession or occupation | Rabbis |
| Found in | His Perfidi giudei fratelli maggiori, 1987: t.p. (Elio Toaff) jkt (b. 4-30-15, Livorno) LC data base, 9-12-88 (hdg.: Toaff, Elio) 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) |
| Associated language | ita |
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