Rabbi Gilles Bernheim admitted his 2011 book contains purloined writings, and further investigation reveals he noted on his CV high academic status that he may not actually hold.
Grand Rabbi Gilles Bernheim is France’s highest Jewish religious authority.
The scandal broke recently, when the French news magazine L’Express revealed Bernheim’s 2011 book, “Forty Jewish Meditations”, contained purloined writings.
After initially denying the accusation, Bernheim, 61, issued a statement on Wednesday from Jerusalem admitting the plagiarism, but blamed it on “a student”.
Further investigation by AFP showed Bernheim noted on his CV a high academic status that he may not actually hold.
His “Who’s Who” entry, based on information he provided, says he was awarded from Sorbonne University an “agregation de philosophie”, a prestigious but extremely difficult to obtain achievement that permits the teaching of philosophy in French institutions.
However university “agregation” lists from 1972 to 2000 have no entry for Bernheim.
The head of the association managing the lists, Blanche Lochmann, said the grand rabbi’s name was not in the agregation lists kept by the French education ministry either.
“It is very difficult for a public figure to try to fool people as to whether he has an agregation,” she said.
“This is the first instance that is so blatant.”
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