Yitzhak Yosef

Netanyahu an ‘atheist,’ former chief rabbi says, accusing IDF of targeting Sephardim

After a week of of demonstrations outside a military prison housing haredi detainees, former Sephardi chief rabbi slammed Netanyahu and Shas leader Arye Deri of stalling the haredi draft bill.

AUGUST 17, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef during a shaharit prayer in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 17, 2024.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's attacks on Edelstein ignore his sacrifices for Judaism - opinion

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seems to ignore who Yuli Edelstein really is: someone who physically risked his life for the observance of Torah and mitzvot.

JULY 22, 2025|ByASHER MAOZ

IDF soldiers killed due to yeshivas 'neglecting Torah study', former chief rabbi claims

Yitzhak Yosef condoled the families of the five soldiers killed in Gaza's Beit Hanun in an open letter, calling for increased Torah study, implicitly denouncing haredi draft attempts.

JULY 8, 2025|ByJAMES GENN

Head of Shas party Aryeh Deri and Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef visit at the scene of suspected arson and vandalism at a Jerusalem synagogue which is often frequented by Rabbi Yosef, June 8, 2025.

Israel Police arrest suspect in arson attack on Jerusalem synagogue

Shas spiritual leader and former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's home synagogue was set ablaze early Sunday morning.

JUNE 10, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Herzog visits sukkot of Chief Rabbis ahead of his own sukkah 'open house'

The President and Chief Rabbis agreed that Sukkot should be a time of peace and understanding • President Herzog's own sukkah will emphasize Israeli sports

OCTOBER 1, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

President Isaac Herzog speaks with Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef in a sukkah, Sunday, October 1, 2023.

Sephardi Chief Rabbi says Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visits 'cause sin'

The Sephardi chief rabbi has attacked Ben-Gvir for the minister's activism for Temple Mount visits in the past.

JULY 16, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount, May 21, 2023

Israel's chief rabbi elections to be delayed by at least six months - report

Chief rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef were set to end their 10-year terms at the Chief Rabbinate in 2023.

JUNE 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at an event in Jerusalem earlier this year. Who is lining up to replace them?

Only give funding to places with synagogues - Israeli chief rabbi to new minister

Israeli Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef told new Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to be subtle about the instruction because it wasn't legal.

APRIL 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends a rally against Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana conversion and kashrut reforms plan, at the International Convention Center, on February 1, 2022.

Sephardi chief rabbi warns of Israel civil war, calls for peace

The rabbi said that while he does not get involved in politics, he believes that all sides need to come to the table and hold dialogue with each other.

MARCH 19, 2023ByYAKI ADAMKAR/WALLA, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Who will be Israel's next chief rabbis?

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Next summer, Israel’s chief rabbis, David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef, will end their 10-year terms.

DECEMBER 16, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Letters to the Editor December 14, 2022: Lack of responsibility

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Chief Rabbi Yosef: Reform, Conservative Judaism is a new religion

"Have you ever seen a Reformer [Jew] who repented? I didn't see any, there are none. They feel they are okay; that they have a religion, but they have a new religion."

DECEMBER 11, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN