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Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi; Amnon Yitzhak (1953–), Yemenite "ba'al teshuva Rabbi" in Israel; Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry; Amram Zaks (1926–2012), Rosh Yeshiva of the Slabodka yeshiva of Bnei Brak
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.
Shlomo Amar – Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel; David Hartman; Avraham Yitzchak Kook – pre-state Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel, [55] (1865–1935) Israel Meir Lau – Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel (1993–2003), Chief Rabbi of Netanya (1978–88), (1937–) Aharon Lichtenstein; Yona Metzger – Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel
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 ...
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)
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.
Haredi rabbis in Israel (5 C, 126 P, 1 F) I. Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbis (18 P) R. ... Ya'akov Gil (politician born 1908) Yehuda Gilad (politician) Yehudah Glick;
Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israeli diplomat, politician and author born in Tangier; Ralph Benmergui, Canadian media personality, born in Tangier; Raphael Berdugo, dayan, scholar, and rabbi; Salomon Berdugo, poet and rabbi from Meknes; Frida Boccara, singer from Casablanca; Aryeh Deri, Israeli politician, a former leader of Shas Party; Edmond Amran El ...