Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

A CNN panel talked about the Israeli rabbi who compared black children to monkeys. It got weird.

A discussion about a controversial rabbi devolved into comments about one commentator's masculinity.

By Ron Kampeas May 16, 2018 4:46 pm

Jews have ‘moral obligation’ to end Syrian ‘genocide,’ Israeli chief rabbi says

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was responding on Sunday to reports that up to 150 men, women and children in the Syrian town of Douma, east of capital Damscus, were killed in a chemical attack by government forces.

April 8, 2018 12:40 pm

Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi could face criminal charges over ‘monkey’ remarks

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef likened a black child born to white parents to a “monkey” in explaining a point of ritual.

March 29, 2018 3:16 pm

Israeli defense minister bans army’s chief rabbi from military ceremonies

January 22, 2018 11:15 am

Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi opposes death penalty for terrorists bill

January 7, 2018 2:35 pm

Sephardi chief rabbi tells religious soldiers how to protest women singers

May 28, 2017 3:48 pm

All cigarettes kosher for Passover, Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi says

April 10, 2017 11:43 am

Israel’s chief rabbis form panel to set standards for recognizing foreign converts

By Andrew Tobin December 15, 2016 7:50 am

Sephardi chief rabbi: Women can do the laundry in the army, not serve in combat

December 11, 2016 4:30 pm

Israeli chief rabbi retracts comments on non-Jews, killing terrorists

March 29, 2016 6:51 am

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