“Hazon Ovadia,” in 1952. In 1970, the government awarded him the prestigious Israel Prize in recognition of his books. Yosef defeated a sitting chief rabbi in the 1973 election, itself a ...

He may also be the first American political candidate ever to be harshly criticized for embracing both the recently deceased Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Nicaragua’s leftist Sandinistas. De Blasio’s ...

A settlement was recently reached in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, requiring Rabbi Yosef to issue a public apology both ...

A settlement was recently reached in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, requiring Rabbi Yosef to issue a public apology both in writing and during his weekly class. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ...