Packet 9: Tossup 2

One of this position’s first holders was nicknamed for his support of Sinn Féin (“shin fain”) while holding an equivalent position in the Irish Free State. In 2019, a holder of this position admitted overseeing DNA tests on couples from the USSR. This position’s 10-year term was extended (10[1])in 2024 during a dispute over whether its 150 electors (-5[1])could include women. Holders of this position, who are often from the Lau (-5[1])(“lao”) and Yosef (“yo-SEFF”) families, invalidated conversions using a secret blacklist of officiants (10[1]-5[1])such as Open Orthodoxy founder Avi (10[1])Weiss. With Elazar Shach (“ell-ah-ZAR SHAH-kh”), a holder of this non-Talmudic position founded Shas (10[1]-5[1])(“shahss”). This position’s state (-5[1])power evolved from the Ottoman millet system, including its jurisdiction over (10[1])the marriages of people (10[1])who made aliyah (-5[2])(“ah-lee-YAH”). For 10 points, name this position (10[1]-5[1])held by one Ashkenazi (-5[1])and one Sephardic (10[1])religious leader (-5[1])in Jerusalem. (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[15])

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