Shlomo Amar

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar calls for Mimouna to be canceled this year due to the war

Rabbi Amar used to hold a public Mimouna event every year with rabbis and public figures, but this year, he canceled it.

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Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Moshe Shlomo Amar, and the senior Moroccan Imam, Prof. Smaili Mohammed Amin speak at the Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem, Israel, September 7, 2023
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar visits at a Yeshiva in Hispin, northern Israel, October 21, 2021.

Court demands answers on chief rabbi's hate speech against LGBTQ, Reform Jews

The Jerusalem chief rabbi has blamed earthquakes on LGBTQ people and called Reform Jews "evil people."

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Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar visits at a Yeshiva in Hispin, northern Israel, October 21, 2021.

LGBTQ+ community to blame for earthquakes, prominent Israeli rabbi claims

Rabbi Amar said that the earthquakes that have struck Israel are a direct result of the rise in LGBTQ+ rights in Israel.

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SEPHARDIC CHIEF Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar: Time to go?

Reform movement petitions High Court on Jerusalem chief rabbi ‘incitement’

Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar has described homosexuals as “a cult of abomination” and said non-Orthodox Jews were worse than Holocaust deniers.

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Law to ease backlog in Supreme Rabbinical Court

Knesset approves amendments enable a single rabbinical judge to hear and rule on court cases instead of three.

NOVEMBER 5, 2012ByJEREMY SHARON
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Thoughts on atonement

One hopes world Jewry will go on with its righteous way, no matter what our illustrious chief rabbi says, or the politicians who surround him.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012ByHIRSH GOODMAN
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Chief rabbi: Better not to pray than to pray Reform

Groups react angrily after Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar lashes out at Judaism's Reform movement over issues of prayer, marriage.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012ByJEREMY SHARON
Female rabbi being ordained (illustration)

Rabbis call for social responsibility on Tisha Be’av

Chief Rabbi Amar emphasizes need for nat'l unity; Rabbi Lau: We need to show social responsibility.

JULY 29, 2012ByJEREMY SHARON
Haredi man at Western Wall marks Tisha Be av

Amar calls for brotherly discourse over haredi draft

In Peres meet, Sephardi chief rabbi blesses both soldiers, yeshiva students for service; Eda Haredit plans rally against enlistment.

JULY 15, 2012ByGREER FAY CASHMAN, JEREMY SHARON
President Peres with Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar

Amar: Stop recognizing of non-Orthodox rabbis

Sephardi Chief Rabbi plans to convene emergency meeting of Chief Rabbinate to combat state’s recognition of non-Orthodox rabbis.

JUNE 19, 2012ByJEREMY SHARON
Female rabbi being ordained (illustration)

Ethiopian chief rabbi welcomes Torah's translation

New version translated into Amharit aims to strengthen Ethiopian community’s connection to Judaism.

MAY 23, 2012ByRUTH EGLASH
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Ask the Rabbi: Can a judicial court nullify a conversion?

Rabbi Avraham Sherman's nullification of an Israeli rabbinate conversion has stirred up controversy.

MAY 3, 2012BySHLOMO BRODY
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110 boys to celebrate bar mitzva at Western Wall

Boys who have lost a parent to celebrate important milestone together.

APRIL 1, 2012ByMELANIE LIDMAN
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Rabbis warn Jews against going to Temple Mount

Sepahardi, Ashkenazi chief rabbis, others issue statement amid increasing organized attempts of late to go up to the holy site.

MARCH 6, 2012ByJEREMY SHARON
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