Tag: Chief Rabbi
Turkish Chief Rabbi, Muslim, Christian Leaders Condemn Coup
“From wherever and whomever it comes, terror and violence cannot be displayed as a legitimate thing and it cannot be supported.”
Analysis: Ignorance, Malice Join Forces to Derail IDF Chief Rabbi’s Nomination
Many, if not all these "controversial" responses by Rabbi Krim can be easily explained within the context in which they were provided.
Analysis: Jerusalem Chief Rabbi’s ‘Protest Prayer’ May Be Just What Reform Campaign Needed
The Bennett solution resolves the conflict in a peaceful way, which is not something the Reform and Conservative movements want.
Orthodox Rabbi Teaching Halakha Beyond the Shulkhan Arukh, Judaism Beyond the Commandments
"I'm sure that if Maimonides, or Rabbi Yosef Karo lived today, they would say: We never wrote our codifications for a time when the State of Israel would be established."
Selling the Chometz
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (R), Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (2L), and Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon sell the Chametz (food...
Chief Rabbi Lau Condemns Minister Bennett’s Visit to US Conservative School
"The visit constitutes a recognition of congregations that are dangerous to the future of the Jewish nation.”
Tsfat Chief Rabbi Eliyahu: Soldiers Who Let Captured Terrorists Live Must Be Prosecuted
“It is prohibited to leave an attacker alive after an attack. If you leave alive — there’s a chance that he would be released and kill more people.”
Rabbis Honor French PM in Fight Against Anti-Semitism
European rabbis honored French PM Valls on Tuesday for his role in fighting anti-Semitism.
A Man Who Brings Students to Israel and a Revolutionary Rabbi Brigadier General
Yishai is joined in-studio by Momo Lifshitz, the CEO of Lirom Global Education and former director of Oranim Educational Initiatives, the #1 provider of Birthright Israel participants. He shares his dream to bring Jewish and non-Jewish students to study in Israel and get a college degree at a great price, while falling in love with -- and in -- the country.
Then, Yishai is joined in-studio by Rabbi Avichai Rontzki, former IDF chief rabbi (2006-2010), with the rank of Brigadier General. During his post, Rontzki carried out a mini-revolution in the command, expanding his mandate to allow for a much more active role of rabbis in the army, and creating the "Jewish Awareness Department," which conducts educational activities in combat units.
Former Chief Rabbi to Run in Bayit Yehudi Primaries
Rabbi Rontzki began his IDF career as a special forces commando and 41 years later ended it as Chief Rabbi and Brigadier General.
PLO Campaigns to Wipe ‘Temple Mount’ Off the Media Map
Ramallah is encouraged by Obama’s implicit policy that Jews in eastern Jerusalem are “illegitimate.”
2 New Chief Rabbis Elected for Jerusalem After 10-Yr Hiatus
Israel's holy capital of Jerusalem once more celebrates the election of both an Ashkenazi and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Jewish spiritual guidance in the city.
Combat Soldiers Forbidden to Fast on Tisha B’Av
Israel's Chief Rabbis give ruling exempting IDF soldiers from fasting on Tisha B'Av.
Rabbi Attacked in Netherlands
A chief rabbi of the Netherlands said unidentified individuals hurled stones at his home in what he said was the second anti-Semitic attack on...
Report: Armed Men Threatened to Burn Down Ukrainian Rabbi’s Home
Armed, masked men threatened to burn down the house of one of Ukraine’s chief rabbis.
Knesset Bill to Cut Number of Chief Rabbis by 50%
It's a step in the right direction. Now let's take the next, obvious step and eliminate it altogether.
Chief Rabbi Asks Families to Host Stranded Drivers on Shabbat
Chief Rabbi David Lau said has urged Jerusalem families to open their doors and host drivers and passengers stranded in the mammoth snowstorm that...
Rabbi Metzger Released from Jail, Under House Arrest on Heavy Bond
An Israel court has released former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger from jail but ordered him under house arrest with a bond of nearly...
Police Say Rabbi Metzger Paid Off Friends to Shut Up
Police said on Thursday they have solid evidence that former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger offered an apartment and cash to someone in return...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks to Join Faculty at YU and NYU
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the UK, will join the faculties of Yeshiva University and New York University
Updated: 850,000 Mourners at Rav Ovadia’s Funeral (+Video)
The gigantic contribution of Rav Ovadia to Israel cannot be measured, but one indication is the 850,000 people who attended his funeral and a huge number who did not come, knowing there was no room for many more.
Torah & Norman Solomon
The idea that all of the Torah was given to Moses on Sinai is complex, rife with textual, historical, and philosophical problems.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Hospitalized Again
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Chief Sephardic Rabbi and the spiritual leader of the Shas Sephardi party, is in the Intensive Care Unit of Hadassah...
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Appointed as UK’s New Chief Rabbi
On Sunday, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was appointed as the United Kingdom's new chief rabbi.
Rabbi Mirvis is the Britain's 11th chief rabbi.
Besides being a congregational...
Rabbi Sacks Attacking PM, Multiculturalism
Britain's chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, is blaming British Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to do enough to boost marriages in the UK, and...
Rabbi Arusi Quits Race for Chief Rabbi One Hour before Balloting
Rabbi Ratzon Arusi withdrew his candidacy for Chief Sephardi Rabbi, one hour before balloting began Wednesday afternoon. His withdrawal leaves three candidates in the...
Israel to (Possibly) Select New Chief Rabbis Today
Tonight we may no who the two chief rabbis are, and it might very well be the last time there are two instead of one.
All Kinds of Kissing
Today: hand kissing, why, when, where, who, and, most important: what the heck?
Former minister of Social Affairs and former Minister of Communications Moshe Kachlon...
Rabbi Eliyahu Ignores A-G’s Ruling Him Out as Chief Rabbi
Attorney General Weinstein told Tzfat Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu that the courts probably would not allow him to be Chief Sephardi Rabbi have not dissuaded...