Trump’s inauguration rabbi to be first non-citizen honored on Israel’s Independence Day – Marvin Hier, founder of Simon Wiesenthal Center, selected by Ministry of Culture to light torch | The Times of Israel

Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is slated to become the first non-Israeli to light a torch during Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem.
Hier, who in January delivered a prayer during the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, is one of three individuals selected for the honor by the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Calcalist financial supplement of the Yediot Acharonot daily reported Friday.