Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi David Yosef was crowned on Wednesday as Rishon Lezion, in a ceremony attended by the Shas party's Council of Torah Sages and Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
A tie was recorded between the candidates for the position of Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi. A runoff will be held next week.
Rabbi David Yosef was elected as Sephardic Chief Rabbi. A tie was recorded between the candidates for the position of Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi and a second round will be held next week.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Sephardic Chief Rabbi, clarifies: Comments were directed against the recruitment of those engaged in Torah learning, those who do not study 'absolutely forbidden from finding excuses not to serve.'
Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar came to the IDF operational war room and sent a radio message to all soldiers in Gaza.
For decades he stood to the right of the Chief Rabbinate since the days of my father Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who had a deep friendship with him.
Yisrael Beytenu head outraged at comments made on 'Who is a Jew?'
Sephardic Chief Rabbi wrote to IDF Chief of Staff, citing repeated rulings on part of Chief Rabbinate forbidding ascent to the Mount.
UAE's Religious Tolerance Minister tells Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: "We're all family here."
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Israel’s new Sephardic Chief Rabbi, promises to be "the chief rabbi of everyone."
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is to undergo an operation for an ear problem on Thursday.
Israeli Sephardic Chief Rabbi accepts an invitation to visit Istanbul-based theologian Adnan Oktar in hopes of restoring diplomatic ties.
Chief Rabbi Amar asks the Knesset to limit the Supreme Court's ability to interfere in matters of Jewish Law.
