President Herzog is greeted joyfully with clapping and shofar blasts as he arrives at the Neve Shalom synagogue in the heart of Istanbul.
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Speaking at the synagogue, Herzog asks those assembled to pray for “our Jewish brothers and sisters of the Jewish community in Ukraine.”
He says Turkish Jews “have had a huge role in writing the history of the Jewish people,” with “a long line of rabbis, poets, wise men, traders, entrepreneurs and leaders” coming from the country.
He says that during their meeting yesterday, Turkish President Erdogan told him he believes in “the need to strengthen that which binds us, all nations and religions.”
“Even more so in such days of war and terrible tragedy in Ukraine, we must walk in the path of the sons of Abraham, a legacy of respect, acceptance and friendship.”
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