Posts Tagged: sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef
Chief Rabbi of Israel Calls for Dialogue Over Judicial Reforms
JNS.org - Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef on Saturday night called for opponents and proponents of the government’s proposed judicial reforms to talk...
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Threatens to Halt Ordainment of Rabbis If Forced to Train Women
JNS.org - Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has threatened to halt the ordainment of new rabbis if the country’s High Court of Justice forces it to grant...
Israel’s Chief Rabbis to Hold Meeting to Reform Conversion Process
JNS.org - Israel’s two chief rabbis, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, announced Wednesday that they plan to hold a meeting...
Israel’s Chief Rabbi Calls Syrian Civil War ‘Small Holocaust;’ Urges Jews to Act
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Thursday described the civil war in Syria as “a small holocaust,” and called on Jews to speak out against...
Temple Mount Forbidden to Jewish Visitors, Israeli Chief Rabbis Reiterate
JNS.org - Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef, as well as more than 100 prominent Israeli rabbis,...
Israeli Conversion Bill Approved for Second and Third Readings
JNS.org - The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Wednesday approved the conversion reform bill authored by Hatnuah MK Elazar Stern for a...
