Rabbi David Saperstein tapped as first non-Christian to serve as U.S. ambassador for religious freedom
By Lauren Markoe and Brian Pellot, Religious News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama on Monday (July 28) said he plans to tap Rabbi David Saperstein as the next ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, the first non-Christian to hold the job, which was created in 1998. As ambassador, the man named as the most influential rabbi in America by…