As we observe the 11 th anniversary of the passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l (3 Heshvan), we do so in the midst of a deep void in rabbinic leadership in Israel. When I say “Rabbinic Leadership,” I don’t ...

Will Shas, Israel’s largest ultra-Orthodox political party, survive the death of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Sephardic religious leader whose towering authority enabled him to found the party and unite ...

Everyone in Israel knew Ovadia Yosef’s name, but in public his followers would hardly use it, opting instead to call him Maran, our master. On the sidewalk, a half-dozen men stood at a long table ...

A new highway into Jerusalem will be named for the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party. Route 16, which will run near the neighborhoods of western Jerusalem and pass ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jews who transformed his downtrodden community of immigrants from North Africa and Arab nations ...

President Shimon Peres with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in 2011. President Shimon Peres eulogized Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Monday evening, stating, “A few hours ago I went to the hospital to say goodbye to my ...

Adina Bar Shalom, the eldest daughter of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, says "Help is needed from above," to save her father and that "all of us are needed to fight together for his life." ...

The many stories of how the Rishon LeZion, Harav Ovadya Yosef, zt”l, advised and supported Yad L’Achim in its rescue work could fill a large book. Over the decades, the Rav even accompanied the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli health official says an influential Israeli rabbi who is the spiritual leader of an ultra-orthodox political party has been hospitalized after feeling unwell. Spokeswoman ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JERUSALEM ISRAEL — Hundreds of Israelis on ...

What would be your attitude toward someone who had plotted to kill you? I can’t help thinking that I’d be more than a little broiges. You would imagine that the stakes are upped a little when the ...

The Council for Higher Education (CHE) has decided to close down the Haredi College in Jerusalem, it was announced Thursday. The college was established by Adina Bar-Shalom, the daughter of the late ...