Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Israel, will be arriving here April 21 as a guest of the Sephardic community and the American Sephardi Federation. During his stay he will visit major Jewish communities, synagogues and yeshivot where he will discuss halacha and meet with rabbinical and lay leaders of the Jewish community. While here he will address a major dinner of the United Jewish Appeal.
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