ISRAEL: JERUSALEM: FUNERAL OF FORMER CHIEF RABBI JAKOBOVIT

(1 Nov 1999) Natural Sound The former chief rabbi of Britain, Immanuel Jakobovits, was buried on Monday in a cemetery on the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem. Jakobovits, who was the first chief rabbi to be made a member of Britain’s House of Lords, died suddenly at his London home on Sunday of a brain haemorrhage. He was 78 years old. The body of the former chief rabbi was flown from London on Sunday following a ceremony at the Hendon Synagogue. He was buried in a cemetery on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the city of Jerusalem. It is an area regarded as holy by both Jews and Christians, and in recent times has become the final resting place for distinguished Jewish spiritual leaders. Lord Jakobovits was strongly conservative on political and moral issues. He was a staunch supporter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who gave him a life peerage, entitling him to a seat in the upper house of the parliament.