Rabbi ovadia yosef

High Court dismisses Shas petition after Ovadia Yosef memorial conference canceled

The three-day event had been planned for October 6-8 at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center.

 Shas faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2025.
Salah Hamouri shows his French passport during an interview with Reuters in the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Barid, December 19, 2011

US State Dept. voice concerns over Israel's deportation of residents

 RECONCILIATION: WITH Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, 1999.

Israel's Government Press Office head Nitzan Chen reflects on journalism

Letters

Letters to the Editor, November 8, 2021: What did Rabbi Ovadia say?


Jerusalem’s chief rabbi criticizes pilgrimages to Uman on Rosh Hashana

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern on Monday strongly criticized the annual pilgrimage of tens of thousands of Israeli Jews to the Ukrainian city of Uman for Rosh Hashana.

Men gesticulate on the banks of a lake in Uman in September 2010.

Sephardi chief rabbi endorses cigarettes on Passover

A dog won't smoke cigarettes, so Jews can light up during Passover, says the chief rabbi.

cigarettes displayed at the open market

Grapevine: A call from the next world

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a new nickname – Arella.

HADASSAH WOMEN’S Zionist Organization of America National President Ellen Hershkin (left) makes a presentation to award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

Getting their house in order

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s son Moshe and his wife, Yehudit, are encountering many obstacles in their plan to turn a historic building in Beit Hakerem into their new home.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

Shas promises its voters 'key to heaven'

“Rabbi Ovadia Yosef won’t forgive you in this world or the world to come if you don’t vote Shas.”

Revered spiritual leader of Shas party promises "Garden of Eden" for Shas voters in blessing cards distributed day of elections.

Shas : grandeur et décadence

Comme la Yougoslavie après Tito, la succession du Rav Ovadia Yossef s’effrite, et nul ne semble être en mesure de recoller les morceaux d’un parti en déliquescence

Shas : grandeur et décadence

Rabbi Ovadia's daughter hints she's entering politics

Late Shas mentor's daughter Adina Bar-Shalom indicates she intend to run for next Knesset.

Ovadia Yosef

Shas to hold rally to end mourning for Ovadia Yosef

Sunday night’s event will mark the end of the 11-month mourning period observed by close family.

Ovadia Yosef

Police: Evidence Holon rabbi extorted business owners over Kashrut certification

State prosecutors to decide whether to pursue charges against son of former Shas spiritual adviser Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

Rabbi Avraham Yosef