Yitzhak Yosef

In Photos: Israel's political leaders cast their ballots in 26th Knesset election

Israel's leading politicians cast their votes for the 26th Knesset at polling stations around the country.

President Isaac Herzog casts his ballot in the 26th Knesset election in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef. September 06, 2026.

Former Sephardi chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef denounces Ben-Gvir as election battle intensifies

 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.

MQG demands gov't open criminal probe into Shas spiritual leader after attack on attorney-general

Amid reports that the Shas Party could be willing to sit with him in government, Yashar Party head Gadi Eisenkot did not rule out that option entirely. Here, Eisenkot attends the Sagi Laws for Equality Confrence at the Peres Center in Jaffa earlier this week.

Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win


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.

Chief Rabbinate elections 370

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”.

Women in the IDF

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.

David Azoulay

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.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

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."

Uri Ariel

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.

Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

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."

Female soldiers from the Caracal Battalion practice evacuating an injured soldier

Tradition Today: A fence too tall

Judaism today needs leaders who make it accessible to all rather than erecting more and more barriers that keep people away.

Chief Rabbis Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau

Chief rabbis divided on recognition of US conversions

Lau and Yosef have had a high-profile quarrel for several months over various issues.

Chief Rabbis Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau

Chief rabbis turn the heat up on differences over mikve usage

A difference of opinion between the two rabbis over who should be appointed to the position of director of the Chief Rabbinate became public two weeks ago.

Chief rabbi David Lau