In 1908, the chief rabbis of 45 countries declared them Jewish, a recognition echoed by revered rabbis like Rav Kook and Rav Ovadia Yosef in later years.

As we observe the 11th 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.

Moshe Habusha, a leading Mizrahi musician, regularly performed these compositions for Ovadia Yosef, a former chief rabbi of Israel who died in 2013 and whose legacy still dominates religious ...

Visitors to the new, state-of-the-art women’s Mikvah in the Jewish community in Tehran, Iran are greeted by a portrait of two great rabbis who have deeply influenced Jewish life and practice in ...

Rabbi David Yosef, a member of the Shas Council of Torah Sages and son of the late, revered Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, was forced to resign as a state-paid neighborhood rabbi due to ...

Everyone who saw the illustrations of Ben-Gurion in a pink button-down pineapple shirt, Herzl sporting an earring and a wave in his hair, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in a colorful bohemian shirt, and Shimon ...

When Rabbi Mordecai Herman would visit the Lower East Side of the 1920s, then teeming with Jewish immigrants from Europe, he cut an intriguing figure. He was a wizened black rabbi and former ...

Amit Shimoni’s depiction of Hillary Clinton. Everyone who saw the illustrations of Ben-Gurion in a pink button-down pineapple shirt, Herzl sporting an earring and a wave in his hair, Rabbi Ovadia ...

Christopher Hitchens: The case for mocking religion Civil society means that free expression trumps the emotions of anyone to whom free expression might be inconvenient.