“Hazon Ovadia,” in 1952. In 1970, the government awarded him the prestigious Israel Prize in recognition of his books. Yosef defeated a sitting chief rabbi in the 1973 election, itself a ...

a steady stream moving east along one of Jerusalem’s central thoroughfares to the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. At 5 p.m., an hour before the funeral, the streets were already closed to cars ...

Following a court settlement, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, grandson of former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef for whom he is named after and son of immediate past Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef ...

According to the Israeli media, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual leader of the ultra-orthodox party Shas, said during a homily late Tuesday that Sharon deserved death for acting "against the Torah ...