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The Chief Rabbi of Israel is a religious appointment that began at the time of the British Mandate in Palestine, and continued through to the State of Israel.The post has two nominees, one for the Ashkenazi communities that came from Europe, and one for the Sefaradic communities from North Africa and the Middle East.
Hosea Jacobi (1841–1925), Chief Rabbi of Zagreb, Croatia and rabbi of the Zagreb Synagogue for 58 years, founded and headed a Jewish Elementary School, taught Hebrew and Jewish studies in high-schools, established Jewish-Women organizations, active in social welfare projects, wrote the first ever Jewish studies text-books in Croatian
This list of Sephardi chief rabbis of the Land of Israel documents the rabbis who served as the spiritual leader of the Sephardic community in the Land of Israel from the mid-17th century to present. The Hebrew title for the position, Rishon LeZion (literally "First to Zion"), has been used since the beginning of the 17th century, and is ...
The control the Rabbinate attempted to exert extended into the Diaspora when it sought to create universal standards for conversion for all Jewish communities outside of Israel in 2016. [25] The Chief Rabbis have faced pushback against their stance in Israel through the rabbis of Tzohar, [26] who have created an independent path to conversion ...
The position is often defined by the country's secular authorities, and may also apply to leaders of the Jewish community in a given city. There may be separate Ashkenazi and Sephardi Chief Rabbis, representing the two main cultural divisions of the Jewish diaspora. There is an overall worldwide list, and specialized lists.
21st-century Israeli rabbis (1 C, 64 P) Rabbis in Israel by city (5 C) Israeli rabbis by denomination (3 C) I. Israel Defense Forces rabbis (13 P)
Haredi rabbis in Israel (5 C, 126 P, 1 F) I. Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbis (18 P) R. Israeli Rosh yeshivas (45 P) S. Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty (22 P, 1 F)
Chief Rabbinate of Israel; List of chief rabbis of Israel and Mandatory Palestine; 0–9. 2013 Israeli chief rabbi elections; A. Shlomo Amar; B. Kalman Ber; E ...