Haïm Korsia
| Grand rabbin Haïm Korsia | |
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| Chief Rabbi of France | |
Haïm Korsia, 2014.
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| Yeshiva | Séminaire israélite de France |
| Organisation | Central Consistory of France |
| Began | 22 June 2014 |
| Predecessor | Gilles Bernheim |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 27, 1963 Lyon, France |
| Nationality |
 France
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Haïm Korsia (born 23 September 1963, Lyon) is the Chief Rabbi of France. He was elected by the Central Consistory.
Already serving as Jewish chaplain of the French army, Korsia was also head of a rabbinical school. He was elected in June 2014 and began a seven-year term as the leader of France's Jewish community.
Haïm Korsia was born in Lyon, France, to Sephardi Jewish parents who had immigrated from Algeria. His father was a prominent rabbi in the city. He attended Jewish schools. Korsia has earned several advanced degrees: Master of Business Administration at Reims Management School; Master of Advanced Studies, École pratique des hautes études; and a Ph.D. in contemporary history from University of Poitiers. He has also studied at the French Institute of Advanced Studies of Homeland Security; and the Centre for Advanced Studies on Africa and modern Asia.
Korsia served as a rabbi in France for more than two decades. He became head of a rabbinical school in Paris. In addition, he was appointed to serve as Jewish chaplain of the French army.
He was elected as a member of the Central Consistory, representing Jewish congregations across the country.
In April 2014 Rabbi Gilles Bernheim resigned from the position as Chief Rabbi of France. He was implicated in a scandal involving accusations of plagiarism. "Bernheim admitted that he had plagiarized in two books and an essay as well as claimed unearned academic titles."
Rabbi Olivier Kaufmann and Rabbi Haïm Korsia each served for a period as interim chief rabbi. In June 2014, members of a committee of the Central Consistory elected Korsia as Chief Rabbi of France in a 131-97 vote. The Chief Rabbi serves for a seven-year term.
Martine Cohen, an expert on Judaism at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, noted that Korsia's election as the chief rabbi represented a shift to a more “Modern Orthodoxy” compared to the previous conservative leanings of the Jewish Orthodox establishment.
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