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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

Sephardic chief rabbi

Shas leader Aryeh Deri (L) listens to his brother Beersheba's late chief rabbi Yehuda Deri. (Yaakov Cohen)
July 9, 2024, 5:27 pm
Yehuda Deri, brother of Shas leader and Beersheba chief rabbi, dies at 66
Deri died after complications from infection; spiritual leaders and politicians mourn rabbinical judge who was seen as leading candidate to become Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel
By Canaan Lidor
Israel's Ashkenazi former chief rabbi David Lau, right, and Israel's Sephardi former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attend an event at a ceremony in Jerusalem, June 30, 2023. (The Chief Rabbinate of Israel)
July 5, 2024, 4:34 am
Israel’s chief rabbis leave their posts with no successors lined up to replace them
Interim rabbis to fulfill duties after Religious Affairs Ministry fails to set date for elections to replace outgoing rabbis, Ashkenazi David Lau and Sephardi Yitzhak Yosef
By Ben Sales
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
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends a prayer for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Rachel's Tomb on October 25, 2023 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 )
March 12, 2024, 1:28 pm
Daily Briefing Mar 12: Day 158 – Tel Aviv markets optimistic; rabbinical threat over Haredi draft
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses Sephardic chief rabbi’s warning and a new Beit Shemesh mayor, as Tech Israel’s Sharon Wrobel looks at TASE and reservists’ spouses
By ToI Staff
File: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attend a ceremony selling hametz (food containing leavening) to Arab Israeli Mr Jaber before the upcoming Passover holiday in Jerusalem, April 4, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2023, 9:41 am
Knesset votes to postpone election for new chief rabbis
Heated race delayed until spring of 2024 as Shas reportedly scrambles to choose candidate
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 12, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
June 19, 2023, 2:50 am
Otzma Yehudit brawls with Shas over Chief Rabbinate election delay
Haredi party minister tells far-right faction to stay in its lane, claiming control of tax-funded state body and threatening to kill domestic abuse bill if it doesn’t get its way
By ToI Staff
Religious Services Minister Michael Malchieli arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 3, 2023, 9:42 pm
Selection of new chief rabbis postponed until after municipal elections
Religious Services Minister Michael Malchieli cites fear the municipal voting could appear to taint the process
By Canaan Lidor
Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel (left) smiles as Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef tells him he should transfer funds to municipalities on the condition they build synagogues and yeshivas, April 22, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 23, 2023, 1:28 pm
Chief rabbi to Shas minister: Give funds to towns only if they build synagogues
Sephardic religious leader Yosef admits this would be illegal, advises new Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to ‘do it in a smart way’; Liberman calls for rabbi to be sacked
By Michael Horovitz
Chief Rabbi David Lau speaks at a Chabad event in New Jersey on November 20, 2022. (Screen capture: Chabad)
November 21, 2022, 7:37 pm
Chief rabbi calls for government to change immigration law to keep non-Jews out
Speaking at New Jersey event, David Lau echoes comments by Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who said incoming government could offer chance to ‘amend the law on who is a Jew’
By Judah Ari Gross
(L) Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset on May 16, 2022 and (R) Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef in Jerusalem on September 22, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 13, 2022, 11:10 am
Liberman calls for chief rabbi’s ouster for demanding High Court override law
Finance minister says action must be taken before government is sworn in after Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef backs bill, says it can be used to overturn rulings on Reform Judaism
By ToI Staff
File: Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the International Convention Center, on February 1, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 13, 2022, 3:58 am
Chief rabbi urges High Court override law: ‘Opportunity to amend law on who’s a Jew’
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef backs demand by ultra-Orthodox and far-right members of likely next coalition, says bill can be used to overcome top court’s rulings on Reform Judaism
By ToI Staff
Then-Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana speaks during a Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2022, 1:16 pm
Matan Kahana has upset the religious status quo, and his work won’t be easily undone
After a year in the Religious Services Ministry, Yamina MK gets a middling grade from liberal figures for shaking up Haredi hegemony but failing to advance core issues
By Judah Ari Gross
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar speaks during Jerusalem Day celebrations in Jerusalem, June 2, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
June 8, 2021, 9:10 am
Jerusalem chief rabbi compares gay pride marchers to ‘wild animals’
Shlomo Amar, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, laments religious participants in capital’s recent parade
By ToI Staff
Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, left, meets with Rabbi Levi Duchman in Dubai in December 2020. (Daniel Seal/Jewish Community Center of Dubai)
December 18, 2020, 4:04 pm
Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi visits UAE, inaugurates Jewish school
In sign of deepening ties, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef spends Shabbat in Dubai, officially recognizes its Jewish community in first-ever visit to an Arab country
By Judah Ari Gross
CNN panelists discuss a meeting Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner had with Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, May 16, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 17, 2018, 3:28 am
CNN panel discusses rabbi who compared black children to monkeys
Debate about Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and his meeting with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner devolves into comments about one panelist’s masculinity
By Ron Kampeas
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