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Shlomo Amar
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October 29, 2024, 10:49 pm
MKs heed call of bereaved family to only pay respects after they reach across aisle
Lawmakers from government, opposition parties meet family of slain reservist together; widow issues call for Haredi yeshiva students to share burden of military draft
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September 27, 2023, 12:46 pm
High Court: State must explain why it hasn’t disciplined Jerusalem chief rabbi
Court gives government 21 days to respond regarding lack of action over Shlomo Amar’s comments disparaging Reform Jews, LGBTQ community, Women of the Wall
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June 9, 2023, 12:35 pm
Jerusalem’s chief Sephardic rabbi condemns harassment of Christians
Shlomo Amar’s unusual statement in English follows multiple small incidents and an unauthorized protest led by the city’s deputy mayor against Evangelicals
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Canaan Lidor
January 1, 2023, 8:11 pm
‘God have mercy’: J’lem chief rabbi pans Orthodox MKs who backed gay Knesset speaker
Ex-chief rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar, who has called LGBTQ people ‘wild animals,’ says it’s ‘unbearable’ that Amir Ohana was appointed to a position that is ‘meant to be lofty’
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Judah Ari Gross
September 13, 2021, 2:49 am
Prominent rabbis protest planned designation of far-right Lehava as terror group
Leading spiritual leaders say the organization, which works to stifle intermarriage and LGBT rights, ‘must be allowed to continue its important activities’
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ToI Staff
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
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February 16, 2020, 9:43 pm
Third Israeli contracts coronavirus on cruise ship off Japan
Health Ministry working to extract remaining Israelis from Diamond Princess; Jerusalem chief rabbi to enter self-quarantine after Singapore visit, as Israel toughens rules
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December 10, 2019, 3:21 am
Jerusalem chief rabbi visits Bahrain for interfaith event, meets king
‘The people of the Middle East want peace with Israel,’ Shlomo Amar says during trip, amid slowly warming ties between Jerusalem and Manama
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July 24, 2019, 9:24 am
ADL condemns Jerusalem chief rabbi’s ‘hateful comments’ on homosexuals
Jewish organization calls on Shlomo Amar to apologize for saying gay people can’t be religious and that homosexuality ‘can be overcome’ through fearing God
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ToI Staff
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
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Stuart Winer
December 4, 2018, 10:34 pm
Venezuela welcomes former Israeli chief rabbi in ‘peace diplomacy’ bid
Troubled South American nation downgraded diplomatic relations with Israel following wars with Hezbollah and Hamas
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Marcus M. Gilban
July 15, 2018, 11:52 pm
Orphan high school students awarded scholarships for academic success
Colel Chabad, in cooperation with the Barad family and Meromim Foundation, supports 100 top students who have lost a parent
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September 18, 2017, 6:49 pm
Liberal Jews picket Paris synagogue hosting Jerusalem chief rabbi
Shlomo Amar lambasted for calling homosexuals ‘crazies’ and ‘obscene people,’ and saying a woman’s place is in the home
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JTA
September 6, 2017, 11:22 am
Reform Jews ‘worse than Holocaust deniers’ — former chief rabbi
Netanyahu rejects comments by Jerusalem’s Sephardic chief rabbi, Shlomo Amar, says, ‘All Jews are part of one family’
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Sue Surkes
December 27, 2016, 11:25 am
In defiance of Israeli law, polygamy sanctioned by top rabbis
With apparent backing from Jerusalem chief rabbi, organization helps religious Jewish men marry a second wife, claiming this helps single women have families, counters demographic trends
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David Sedley
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