Ovadia Yosef

State Dept., ADL slam Yosef remarks

The Obama administration condemned what it said was incitement by an influential Israeli rabbi.

Shas rabbi wishes for demise of Abbas

On the eve of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the spiritual leader of the Shas Party wished for the demise of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Israeli Rabbinate agrees on brain death

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate agreed that a Knesset bill calling brain death the end of life is acceptable under Jewish law.

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State Dept., ADL slam Yosef remarks

Shas rabbi wishes for demise of Abbas

Israeli Rabbinate agrees on brain death

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