Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84
Isak Haleva, Turkey's chief rabbi since 2002 who bridged traditional Sephardic Judaism with modern Turkish life while leading ...
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Turkish chief rabbi dead at 84
Turkish Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva died on Tuesday at the age of 84 after serving for 23 years in the position, the country’s Chief Rabbinate said. “We mourn the departure of our hakham bashi [chief ...
Daily Sabah11d
Chief rabbi of Türkiye’s Jewish community passes away
Isak Haleva, the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Türkiye, passed away at the age of 85, the community announced on Jan ...
COLlive News13d
First Yartzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Itkin Marked
Family and friends of the Itkin family gathered to mark the first yartzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak ben Reb Meir Itkin obm in Crown Heights. Full Story, Photos, Video Family and friends of the Itkin ...
J Wire17d
Shabbat Vayechi
This phrase about Yosef has been adapted, particularly by the Sefardi and Mizrahi community. Those of you who are familiar with the main yeshivot of Jerusalem will know that overlooking the Western ...
Arutz Sheva21d
Increased security around Chief Sephardic Rabbi
The ISA has directed the Ministry of Religious Services to elevate security measures around the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Yosef due to threats from terrorist groups. The Chief ...
The Times of Israel23d
5 years later: Things we know and still don’t know about COVID-19
AP — Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The pathogen didn’t have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound ...
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Rogers Park Releases New Video “Yoseph’s Song”
Rogers Park, the Chassidic folk-rock duo of Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz has released a new single, "Yoseph’s Song," based on this week's Parsha. Full Story, Video Rogers Park, the Chassidic folk-rock ...
The Times of Israel27d
Netanyahu is undergoing surgery. Who takes over if something goes wrong?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s prostate removal surgery Sunday has revived concerns regarding the 75-year-old leader’s physical well-being, along with questions of what would happen ...
Ethiopian29d
‘Dark forces’ from Somaliland kill at least 83 on Ethiopian territory
At least 30 members of the Somali regional police force and 53 civilians have been killed by an armed group that crossed into Ethiopian territory, Harshin Woreda, from Somaliland over the past week.
The Jerusalem Post Blogs29d
Top 10 reasons to leave the house: December 27-January 4
Fourteen months after being placed in secure storage by the Tel Aviv Museum of Art during the October 2023 state of emergency, iconic works by Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, René Magritte, Gustav ...
Arutz Sheva29d
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: Release terrorists in exchange for hostages - we must do everything
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef expressed support for freeing the hostages in Gaza through a ceasefire-prisoner swap deal with the Hamas terror group, even ...