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.

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.

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.

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

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

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Sephardi chief rabbi tells religious soldiers how to protest women singers

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

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

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

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

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