Worshipers at the synagogue of Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef were left stunned following an arson attack that caused ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has been interred alongside his wife, Margalit, after a several-hour journey from the Porat Yosef yeshiva in Geula, where the funeral procession began this afternoon.

Ovadia Yosef, an outspoken rabbi who combined religious and political leadership into a role as one of the most powerful religious figures in Israel’s history, died Monday. He was 93.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 93. TEL AVIV (JTA ...

An arson and vandalism attack at a Jerusalem synagogue early Sunday drew condemnation from across the political field, with ...

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 ...

Following a court settlement, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, grandson of former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef for whom he is named after and son of immediate past Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef ...

His brother, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, recently completed his tenure in the position and their father, the revered, late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, also influentially served as Sephardic Chief Rabbi.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a beloved Israeli political and religious figure who fiercely advocated for non-European Jews as head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, died of multiple organ failure Monday in ...