Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi calls former Soviet immigrants ‘religion-hating gentiles’ Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef accused the state of deliberately inviting Soviet immigrants to Israel to weaken the political power of the haredi Orthodox. By Marcy Oster January 7, 2020 1:33 pm
Israeli chief rabbi likens black child born to white parents to a monkey Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was attempting to explain a point of ritual when he used the term "Kushi," which is now seen as a mild pejorative in Israel. March 20, 2018 11:52 am
Sephardi chief rabbi: Women can do the laundry in the army, not serve in combat Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said that if Jews in Israel followed the Torah, "many [military] tragedies would be averted.” December 11, 2016 4:30 pm
