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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

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Rabbi Kalman Ber attends a vote for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 31, 2024, 8:02 pm
Ultra-Orthodox-backed Kalman Ber chosen as Ashkenazi chief rabbi in runoff
Top Netanya cleric beats out Rabbi Micha Halevi, who drew anger from religious Zionists by reneging on promise to stay out of race, after initial balloting ended in tie
By Mati Wagner and ToI Staff
Committee members at the elections for Israel's new chief rabbis in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
October 30, 2024, 4:10 pm
Divisive, long-delayed election for chief rabbi to proceed Thursday
Over a year late, the vote for Israel’s top Ashkenazi authority seems to be on track amid political strife and broken commitments
By Mati Wagner
The inauguration ceremony of Rabbi Yoni Wieder as chief rabbi of Ireland was held at the Dublin Hebrew Synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Ros Kavanagh/ Courtesy Office of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland via JTA)
September 2, 2024, 6:49 am
At 28, Ireland’s new chief rabbi is leading an aging population in a time of turmoil
As the first to hold the position since 2008, Rabbi Yoni Wieder faces challenges on multiple fronts, integrating new and old community members amid unprecedented anti-Israel bias
By Shira Li Bartov
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef sells the hametz (leavened food) of the State of Israel ahead of the upcoming Passover holiday, in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 6:59 am
Outgoing chief rabbi says High Court justices ‘can’t hold a candle to our rabbis’
Assailing top court over ultra-Orthodox draft one last time before ending his 11-year tenure, Yitzhak Yosef adds another controversial remark to his résumé
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Krawatsky (R) faces allegations for child sexual abuse at Camp Shoresh. He continues to work with children. (Camp Shoresh Pinterest/Youtube)
February 27, 2024, 3:04 pm
Baltimore rabbi found liable for sexually abusing 2 boys at summer camp
Maryland state court awards damages of $8,001 to two of three accusers in countersuit to defamation claim by Rabbi Shmuel Krawatsky, who was never criminally charged
By Ron Kampeas
Author and photographer Rachael Cerrotti with Rabbi Bent Melchior in Denmark, 2019. (courtesy)
August 2, 2021, 5:11 pm
Former Danish chief rabbi Bent Melchior dies at 92
Son of Marcus Melchior, who helped save Danish Jewry from Nazis, is survived by son former MK Rabbi Michael Melchior; grandsons Jair and Joav, chief rabbis of Denmark and Norway
By Yaakov Schwartz
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a Maccabi Healthcare Services vaccination center in Modiin, on December 24, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 25, 2020, 12:30 am
Health minister wants 24/7 vaccinations but top rabbis said to oppose on Shabbat
Yuli Edelstein says ‘the vaccines will save all of us,’ believes this trumps religious rules; chief Sephardic rabbi denies request was made to approve vaccinations on weekends
By ToI Staff
Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends the traditional selling of hametz (food containing leavening) of the State of Israel to a non-Jew before the upcoming Passover holiday, on March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 27, 2020, 6:17 am
Ombudsman calls to review Sephardi chief rabbi’s status as rabbinical judge
Former justice says Yitzhak Yosef has made ‘hateful comments against large parts of the public’ while ignoring court rulings; Aryeh Deri vows to protect chief rabbis’ independence
By ToI Staff
Worshipers pray in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, October 5, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 5, 2020, 4:17 pm
Rabbis, worshipers at Western Wall pray for Trump’s recovery from virus
Chief rabbis attend traditional priestly blessing service at Old City site as supplication made on behalf of US president stricken with coronavirus
By ToI Staff and AFP
UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, January 23, 2020. (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
From the WebApril 2, 2020, 4:37 pm
Eleven chief rabbis in unity call ahead of Shabbat before Pesach
Jewish News: Faith leaders from UK, Israel, South Africa, Argentina call for people to be kind to one another and observe lockdown guidelines ahead of Passover
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, left, and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attending a New Year’s ceremony at the national headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem, September 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 6:44 pm
Israel’s chief rabbis say Passover Seder can’t be held via videoconference
David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef dismiss previous ruling that green-lighted tech option, while two rabbis behind it stick to their guns
By Michael Bachner
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past people praying at the nearly deserted Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 12, 2020. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
March 12, 2020, 8:14 pm
Israel’s chief rabbis call on Jews to avoid visiting the Western Wall
As virus spreads, Jewish law requires total adherence to all instructions of health officials, Rabbis Lau and Yosef declare in edicts to the faithful
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar, right, during a seminar in Ashdod,July 19, 2019. (Kan public broadcaster)
July 23, 2019, 1:32 pm
Jerusalem chief rabbi: Gay people cannot be religious, shouldn’t pretend to be
LGBT community fumes after Shlomo Amar tells seminar that homosexuality is a ‘wild lust’ that can be overcome with simple fear of God
By Stuart Winer
Former chief rabbi Yona Metzger leaves Ma'asiyahu Prison after serving his bribery sentence, March 6, 2019. (Yehuda Haim/Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 4:24 pm
Ex-chief rabbi Yona Metzger leaves prison after serving 22 months for corruption
‘Thank God,’ says wife Ofra as Metzger walks out of Ma’asiyahu a day after parole board accepted his early release request
By ToI Staff
Argentina's chief rabbi Gabriel Davidovich at a ceremony at the site of the 1992 attack at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 11, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
February 26, 2019, 4:52 pm
Argentine leader condemns attack on head rabbi as son doubts anti-Semitic motive
Macri vows support for Gabriel Davidovich; President Rivlin speaks with chief rabbi, declaring that Israel will protect Jews wherever they are
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
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