Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wilschansky, one of the Rebbe’s Shluchim to the Holy Land, passed away on Motzei Shabbos, 9 Adar, 5785. He founded the Chabad Lubavitch Yeshiva in Tzfat, served as its Rosh ...

Article by Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky: I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of the Tzfas Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wilschansky—but not because I knew him, was related to him, or ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, has died. Yosef died Monday at Hadassah Ein ...

Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef on Thursday spoke at the affirmation ceremony for members of the Chief Rabbinate Council, calling on all rabbis to work towards unity and ensure respectful discourse.

I am anticipating a deluge of angry letters from people listing off important persons named Elimelech that I’ve ignored, but the truth remains that despite the continued use of that personal name si ...

When Rabbi Ari Jun learned that faith leaders were invited to speak at a rally in Cincinnati against neo-Nazis and white supremacy, he quickly responded that he would be there. As the former ...

According to media reports, Netanyahu spoke with Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach ... However, UTJ chairman Yitzchak Goldknopf appeared to back down following the return of the far-right Otzma Yehudit ...

Its board is a who’s who of prominent Haredi figures, including Rabbi Dov Lando ... Housing Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf, the UTJ chairman, threatened to oppose the 2025 state budget — a ...

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook ZT”L (1865-1935) was and through his teachings and his students is still the Cohen Gadol-High Priest of our return. In 1910 while he was the Chief Rabbi of ...

The terror organization Hamas released a video on Monday featuring the first signs of life from the abductees Elkana Bohbot and Yosef-Haim Ohana. Bohbot and Ohana ...

Resettlement agencies in western Massachusetts are feeling the effects of the Trump administration's clawback of federal funding for nonprofits. Rabbi James Greene, of Jewish Family Service, said the ...

Yitzchak Zeev Soloveichik ... also makes reference to converts from Amalek.) R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida, in a number of his writings, asserts that there is simply a dispute among ...