Stockholm Jewish community to replace Conservative Rabbi David Lazar

April 17, 2013

(JTA) -- The Jewish community of Stockholm said it will replace David Lazar, a chief rabbi in the Swedish capital, following a breakdown in contract renewal talks.

Lazar, the rabbi at the city’s Conservative Great Synagogue, was given a given a three-year contract in 2010; it expires in August. The community’s board has offered a three-year extension, but Lazar, a U.S.-born Israeli, is demanding tenure.

“Consensus could not be reached in negotiations with regard to the form of employment and compensation. 

As a result, Rabbi Lazar and the Synagogue will go their separate ways after the current agreement expires,” according to a statement posted this week on the website of the Jewish community of Stockholm.