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.

 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

 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

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

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


Lag Ba'Omer postponed out of concern for Sabbath

Chief rabbis, Ovadia Yosef rule that bonfires will be lit on Sunday, not Saturday, to avoid desecration of the Sabbath.

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Lag Ba'Omer postponed out of concern for Sabbath

Chief rabbis, Ovadia Yosef rule that bonfires will be lit on Sunday, not Saturday, to avoid desecration of the Sabbath.

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Peres explains why this Pessah is different from all others

The Egyptians are seeking their own way out of bondage, president tells top rabbis in traditional holiday visits.

President Peres with Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar

'Nativ will continue, but IDF conversions won’t be revised'

Chief Sephardi Rabbi tells 'Post' he is not so concerned about non- Orthodox content being taught in course on Jewish identity.

The Jerusalem Post

Who’s an (Orthodox) oleh?

Chief Rabbinate drawing up new procedures to determine which Orthodox communities are eligible for aliya, since current practice bars many converts.

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Amar's c'tee on IDF conversions calls for end of course

Rabbinic c'tee says inclusion of Reform, Conservative teachers in staff of Nativ course "casts heavy shadow" on all military conversions.

The Jerusalem Post

Eda Haredit calls off IDF conversions approval protest

Arye Deri mediates understandings between Yosef, Ashkenazi rabbis.

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Ashkenazi haredi rabbis protest conversion 'breach'

Peres receives Yosef in shiva call and praises Shas party mentor for ruling on IDF conversions that ‘strengthens and unifies the people of Israel’.

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Rotem, haredi MKs argue over IDF conversion bill

Israel Beiteinu MK says still determined to pass legislation despite praising Ovadia Yosef's ruling that recognized army conversions.

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Cohen’s widow: Organ donation my decision, not extremists'

Soccer star's wife insists pressure from religious figures not responsible for her going against donor card.

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