Israel is mourning a legendary political and spiritual figure, after Rabbi Ovadia Yosef died in Jerusalem on Monday. He was 93. The longtime spiritual leader of Sephardic Jews, Yosef also was a ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who died Sunday at age 93, confounds anyone who claims to understand Israeli society in simple terms. He was perhaps the most powerful rabbi in Israel for the last quarter ...

Rabbi Yosef won a reputation for his considered judgments and his stress on the practical applications of religious law. His writings in such areas as the status of women or egalitarianism in ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Spiritual leader of the Shas party, was released from Hadassah Ein Kerem Sunday morning and will continue to rest at home while he recovers from what doctors reported was a ...

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 ...

As we observe the 11 th anniversary of the passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l (3 Heshvan), we do so in the midst of a deep void in rabbinic leadership in Israel. When I say “Rabbinic Leadership ...

Rabbi Yosef is the son of Shas’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and is a Torah scholar and leader in his own right. He has been sick with cancer for over a year and has been hospitalized ...

Son of late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi David Yosef, leaves after giving a Torah lesson during a visit to Safed, November 16, 2017. (David Cohen/Flash90) ...

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.