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Yona Metzger (Hebrew: יונה מצגר; born 1953) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. In 2013, while chief rabbi, a fraud investigation was opened. Metzger later pleaded guilty to a number of corruption charges, was tried and convicted, and after a plea bargain was rejected, served prison time.
The Chief Rabbi of Israel is a religious appointment that began at the time of the British Mandate in Palestine, and continued through to the State of Israel.The post has two nominees, one for the Ashkenazi communities that came from Europe, and one for the Sefaradic communities from North Africa and the Middle East.
In 1976, two days before he was due to take office as Governor of the Bank of Israel, Yadlin was arrested and charged with accepting bribes. On conviction, he was sentenced to, and served, five years in prison. [citation needed] Ari Harow – Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff. Convicted of bribery, fraud, breach of trust and money laundering.
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Kalman Bar also spoke at Kogan’s funeral, calling him the “ultimate sacrifice for the entire Jewish world.” “There are no words that can describe the pain ...
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel consists of two Chief Rabbis: an Ashkenazi rabbi and a Sephardi rabbi; the latter also is known as the Rishon leZion. The Chief Rabbis are elected for 10-year terms. The present Sephardi Chief Rabbi is David Yosef, and the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi is Kalman Ber, both of whom began their terms in 2024. [2] [3]
A missing Israeli rabbi was found dead and three suspects were arrested in connection with the incident, according to a Jewish organization, United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities and Israeli ...
Israel's military chief has resigned, saying he recognised his responsibility for its failure on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian armed group Hamas carried out a deadly attack on the country ...
[13] [14] He had been so since the UAE normalized diplomatic relations with Israel in the Abraham Accords in 2020. [15] [16] He worked to explain Judaism and disprove myths and stereotypes about the religion. [17] He was an assistant to Chief Rabbi of the UAE, Levi Duchman, who was his brother-in-law.