Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, has sparked controversy with his recent remarks on the compulsorydrafting of haredim into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). During his weekly lesson in Jerusalem on Saturday night, Yosef declared, "If they force us to join the army, we will all...
ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90) The terms of Israel’s...
Rabbi Yosef in DubaiDubai Jewish Community Centre / Courtesy Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef yesterday evening, Saturday, officiated over a special ceremony held at the Jewish Community Center in Dubai, celebrating the official recognition by the United Arab Emirates of the country’s flourishing ...
Former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef is heard in a video obtained by Ynet saying that "anyone whoreceives a draft noticeshould tear it up and not go." He added that anyone who refuses and is taken to jail will be accompanied by the head of his yeshiva. 2View gallery Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (P...
New Chief Rabbis Lau and Yosef sworn in. Yitzhak Yosef: Rabbinically approved converts, divorce cases must not be caught up in red tapeGREER FAY CASHMAN
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Yosef endorses son Yitzhak in Sephardi chief rabbi raceJEREMY SHARON
Shas ChairmanArye Dericalled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move to the second phase of the deal with Hamas to ensure thatevery hostage returnsto Israel on Monday at a faction meeting on the approval of the law to commemorate the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, co-founder of Shas. ...