The spiritual leader of Shas attributes the government's failure to pass ultra-Orthodox military exemptions to Amir Ohana's ...

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the former chief Sephardi rabbi and a leading figure in the Shas party, told yeshiva students this week to take the IDF draft notices sent to them, “tear them up ...

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Sunday night expressed to the Gerrer Rebbe his concerns about the fates of the Sephardic-haredi youth in Israel's periphery. "I am especially ...

The Itkin family invites you to join them this Monday evening to mark the first yartzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak ben Reb Meir Itkin A"H, at an event in Crown Heights.

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef caused a wave of outrage after saying Saturday night that even ultra-Orthodox men who are not studying in yeshiva should not be drafted into the Israel D ...

If a draft notice arrives, tear it up. Do you have a toilet at home? Flush it down,” Yosef said. Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef during a shaharit prayer in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 17 ...

The former chief rabbi claimed that even those who are not yeshiva students should avoid military service. The Prime Minister's Office condemned the statement.

After a series of penitential prayers, Yosef was eulogized by a string of leading haredi Orthodox rabbis, including his son, the current Sephardi chief rabbi, Yitzchak Yosef, as well as former ...

A letter from Israel’s chief Sephardi rabbi, Yitzchak Yosef, also condemned Dweck. “I am amazed and angry at the words of nonsense and heresy that were said about the foundations of our faith ...

Families of the East Flatbush community gathered for a festive Chanukah party with dairy dinner, magic show and Menorah ...