Following a court settlement, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, grandson of former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef for whom he is named after and son of immediate past Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 93. TEL AVIV (JTA ...

A throng estimated at more than 800,000 filled the streets of Jerusalem for the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Sephardic sage and political leader. (JTA) — A throng estimated at more than ...

the late chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Lapid said that Yosef’s remarks were “a disgrace and insult to IDF soldiers who sacrifice their lives for the defense of the country.” “Rabbi Yosef is a ...

The next Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel is Rabbi David Yosef, the Rabbinate announced Sunday evening, adding that the ...

Yosef’s comments echo sentiments previously expressed within the haredi community by his late father, former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, suggesting in 2013 that haredim might leave if compelled to ...

Yosef's late father, former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, voiced a similar stance in 2013, suggesting that the haredim would leave Israel if forced into military service. "We will have to, God forbid ...

Chief rabbi's comments come as the deadline approaches ... the son of the founder of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, Ovadia Yosef, proclaimed. "It's only thanks to the soldiers, excuse me, the ...

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wilschansky, one of the Rebbe’s Shluchim to the Holy Land, passed away on Motzei Shabbos, 9 Adar, 5785. He founded the Chabad Lubavitch Yeshiva in Tzfat, served as its Rosh ...