Yitzhak Yosef
'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers
Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticizes the High Court’s decision restricting Passover prayers at the Western Wall, calling the judges "heretics" and "Shabbat desecrators."
Netanyahu an ‘atheist,’ former chief rabbi says, accusing IDF of targeting Sephardim
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's attacks on Edelstein ignore his sacrifices for Judaism - opinion
IDF soldiers killed due to yeshivas 'neglecting Torah study', former chief rabbi claims
‘Change Law of Return,’ says chief rabbi following FSU ‘non-Jews’ comments
The chief rabbi went on to defend himself, insisting that he had already said but would repeat that the majority of immigrants from the former Soviet Union were Jewish
Chief Rabbi Yosef calls on public not to use judicial courts
His comments generated strong criticism from liberal groups, including the Hiddush religious pluralism organization, which called for the position of chief rabbi to be abolished.
Chief Rabbi blasts world religious leaders for not condemning terrorism
“It is forbidden for us to be silent, silence is tantamount to identifying with terror.”
Political deal for Chief Rabbinate Council upheld with one exception
Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weiss, chief municipal rabbi of Kfar Haroeh was elected to council despite the lack of political support.
Meeting cancelled over women in the army
“The politics of the defense minister and the orders of the IDF chief of staff do not overrule the law”.
Bill seeks to extend rabbinical court oversight abroad
The new law would enable the rabbinical courts to do so even if neither spouse has citizenship or is a resident of the country.
Chief Sephardi Rabbi opposes calls for death penalty
The Sephardi Chief Rabbi said instituting the death penalty offered "no gain" for the Israeli public, only offering potential danger for world Jewry.
Pray-for-rain call issued just in time for this week’s downpour
"Bring umbrellas, because together we will tear open the gates of Heaven."
Row over same-sex love lecture 'alarming,' says top UK rabbi
The Sephardi community both in the UK and abroad is upset over one rabbi's lecture over same-sex love.
Sephardic Chief Rabbi: Women can do laundry in the IDF, not serve in combat
Yosef: "There are female pilots, all sorts of stuff. Is that the way of the Torah?! That’s not the way of the Torah."