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
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