shlomo riskin

Chief Rabbinate balks at keeping Shlomo Riskin as Efrat chief rabbi

Israeli media, citing sources present at a recent meeting of the Chief Rabbinate Council, reported that Riskin’s positions on conversion and women in religious leadership led the rabbinate to decline to extend his tenure.

May 25, 2015 2:32 pm

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From the Archive: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s presidential criticism and retracted statements

Riskin’s Obama-Haman comparison was neither the rabbi’s first harsh critique of a U.S. president nor his first time walking back a provocative comment.

April 2, 2015 4:26 pm

Riskin’s Haman remark reflects broad Israeli distrust of Obama

Mistrust of the president has grown more apparent as the United States and Iran approach a deal over the latter’s disputed nuclear program.

April 1, 2015 4:36 pm

Rabbi Riskin clarifies remarks — says Iran, not Obama, is Haman

April 1, 2015 7:34 am

What biblical villain is Obama most like (besides Haman, of course)?

By Julie Wiener March 31, 2015 3:43 pm

Shlomo Riskin, prominent American-Israeli rabbi, compares Obama to Haman

March 30, 2015 2:40 pm

Rabbi David Stav named co-chancellor of Riskin’s Ohr Torah Stone network

February 8, 2015 4:29 pm

Finland has new Israeli-born chief rabbi

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 18, 2013 9:24 am

In Christian version of AIPAC conference, CUFI draws 5,600 to Washington for pro-Israel lobbying

By Neil Rubin July 17, 2012 12:52 pm

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