Zionist rabbis tap Meir Kahana, reserves commander, as their pick for chief rabbi

Nomination seen as surprising since it knocks out hardliner favored by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich; Haredi factions yet to coalesce around nominee ahead of vote this fall

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