Rabbi Ovadia Yosef


Itamar Ben Gvir, Temple Mount
After 10 years of not talking: Lapid and Aryeh Deri unite to ban Jewish Temple Mount access 

Shas and Yesh Atid's unprecedented collaboration challenges Ben-Gvir's actions, threatening to redefine Temple Mount access and shake Netanyahu's coalition.

Gila Isaacson | 14.08.24

Get Refusal, Knesset, Sanctions 

Israel strikes back: Financial crackdown on Get refusers

In a landmark decision, the Knesset unleashes a barrage of new sanctions against get refusers, from freezing bank accounts to banning e-bike use. This sweeping legislation is a promising new step in the country's fight to free agunot and has been backed by an unlikely alliance of religious courts and women's rights groups.

Gila Isaacson | 05.08.24

Jewish News

With the First Light: The Chief Rabbi Ascended to the Grave of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

Today marks ten years since the passing of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. In order to avoid a dangerous gathering, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef ascended to his father's grave early morning with a small group.

JFeed | 18.10.23

The Bold Halachic Solution

The bold halachic solution of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ztz"l

Fifty years after the war, the special rabbinical court established under the leadership of the Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, may his memory be blessed, was revealed, along with the bold halakhic solution it found for the difficult crisis

JFeed | 04.10.23