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.
Court demands answers on chief rabbi's hate speech against LGBTQ, Reform Jews
LGBTQ+ community to blame for earthquakes, prominent Israeli rabbi claims
Reform movement petitions High Court on Jerusalem chief rabbi ‘incitement’
Student leader: Amar favors more haredim in workplace
Rabbi stays extra hour to speak with students, calls "on all MKs to meet with these young people and listen to the stellar ideas they have.”
Students to meet chief rabbi over yeshiva stipends
“We cherish and respect the honorable rabbi and thank him for the initiative," student union head says.
The silence of the rabbis
By staying mum as IDF conversions are challenged, the chief rabbis have shown how far the Chief Rabbinate has drifted from its original national-Zionist vision.
Jewish school opens new campus in Azerbaijan
Iran’s next-door neighbor hosts Israeli dignitaries at inaugural event for $10m. Baku center.
Peres visits chief rabbis’ succot, receives blessings
President calls on Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger.
‘Yated Ne’eman’ slams Amar for accepting IDF conversions
Lituanian haredi mouthpiece says chief Sephardic rabbi breached "the pedigree and sanctity of the people of Israel."
Editorial: A woman’s place
Shas will be victorious, agunot will be the losers, and yet another example will be provided of the destructive effects of mixing religion with politics.
Military conversions are halachically valid, says Amar
Chief Sephardi Rabbi issues a letter saying the conversions are "in accordance with all religious standards."
C'tee gives state deadline to clarify IDF conversion stance
Knesset’s State Control Committee demands all conversion bodies to issue clear statement on legal status of IDF conversions.
Washington Watch: Incitement, Israeli style
It is no excuse to shrug off Ovadia Yosef’s invective by saying the Arabs are worse. Since when does Israel measure its moral stature by that yardstick?