In special lecture, Rabbi David Yosef tells New York Jews the importance of maintaining the ancient customs of Israel’s ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, one of Israel’s most influential ultra-Orthodox spiritual leaders who presided over the Shas political party, has died. He was 93. Yosef died Monday at Hadassah Ein Kerem ...

That journey culminated in the creation of Gemach Chasdei Yosef, a non-profit initiative designed to guide others through ...

Ovadia Yosef, the rabbi responsible for turning religiously observant Sephardic Jews from a marginalized minority into one of Israel’s most politically powerful groups, has died at age 93. Yosef ...

Followers of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef mourn outside his home in Jerusalem on Monday. The rabbi, who transformed his downtrodden community into a powerful force in Israeli politics, died at age 93.

JERUSALEM – Some 700,000 mourners turned out on Monday for the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, an Iraqi-born sage who transformed an Israeli underclass of Sephardic Jews of Middle East heritage ...

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef lost his fight for life at midday on Monday, setting off intense mourning across Israel for the beloved and polarizing religious figure. News of Yosef’s ...

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.

More than 800,000 people attended the funeral of renowned rabbi, Torah scholar and Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, 93, who died on Monday.