Chief rabbi

Inheriting moral instincts: How choices become a legacy – opinion

Our descendants absorb what we choose to do in times of crisis: they act based on what they watched us forgive, defend, and risk for others.

A rabbi blows a shoat ahead of Yom Kippur at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2026.
REUVEN WABASHAT, Israel’s chief rabbi of the Ethiopian community, is seen in Jerusalem in 2018.

Could an Ethiopian Israeli become prime minister, president, or chief rabbi? - opinion

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Axelrod, Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Moldova.

Moldova hires first chief rabbi in 12 years, new chapter for revived Jewish community - interview

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification


Exiled chief rabbi: Russia neglects terror threat by focusing on repression

"The Russian authorities have used the law enforcement authorities to repress any kind of opposition to the Kremlin, opposition to the war."

 Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

Irish chief rabbi: 'Ireland is one of the most anti-Zionist states in the West'

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

 Demonstrators hold signs in support of Palestine, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a ‘Stand Together’ solidarity march against war, hate and racism, in Dublin, Ireland, March 2, 2024.

The Chief Rabbinate office is rife with nepotism, affecting Israeli society - opinion

Accusations of nepotism within Israel's rabbinate intensify amid upcoming elections. This practice, seen in key appointments, raises concerns about fairness and transparency.

 ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues.

Position for Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi reopens as Rabbinical Committee withdraws candidate

The Rabbinical Committee withdraws Rabbi Meir Kahane as the Religious Zionist candidate for Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi, reopening the race for the position.

 Rabbi Meir Kahane, Religious Zionist candidate for Chief Rabbi poses for a picture in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. Uploaded on 28/5/2024

Jerusalem chief rabbi refuses to shake gay Knesset speaker's hand

Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar refuses handshake with Knesset Speaker Ohana at funeral due to his sexual orientation; Amar's history of LGBTQ+ opposition noted.

 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana (left) and Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar (right.

Two rabbis too many? A look at Israel's confusing chief rabbi system

Throughout the Jewish world, Israel stands out by having two chief rabbis. The ‘Magazine’ looks at why – and asks if this model should continue

 Israel's chief rabbis seen as a playing card in this AI-made illustration

Grapevine May 10, 2024: Chief rabbi elections imminent

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Then chief rabbi Israel Meir Lau takes part in the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem in 2022.

Sephardi chief rabbi: Success of air defense is due to yeshivas, not the IDF

The Sephardi chief rabbi complained about hesder yeshiva leaders who had criticized his comments about the IDF.

 Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef sells the hametz (leavened food) of the State of Israel to Arab Israeli Mr Jaber before the upcoming Passover holiday in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024.

Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yosef's words are an insult to IDF soldiers risking their lives - editorial

The threat of a mass departure by the haredim may not be an empty threat and it should not be acceptable.

 EPHARDI CHIEF Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was busy insulting more than half of Israel, declaring that when a person eats non-kosher food ‘his brain becomes stupid,’ the writer notes

The Chief Rabbi's comments: Tone deaf and damaging - comment

Today, there is a strong sense that if people want to leave, they should go -- no one is keeping them here. 

 Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a ceremony of the Israeli police for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 22, 2022.