Chief rabbi

Argentina's Sephardi chief rabbi reaffirms 100-year-old ruling on conversions, sparks controversy

A controversial ruling in Argentina reaffirms a 100-year-old conversion ban, fueling tensions between Orthodox and non-Orthodox movements.

Facade of Templo de la Libertad synagogue, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 2, 2018
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III shares a laugh with President Isaac Herzog.

Grapevine, January 16, 2026: Christian ‘Who’s Who’ in Israel

 SUPREME COURT President Isaac Amit presides over a hearing last Tuesday on petitions against the cabinet’s firing of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar.

High Court freezes Tel Aviv chief rabbi election, citing flawed consultation process

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, alongside David Fattal, chats with Assaf and Nadav Fattal.

Grapevine, December 26, 2025: In his father’s footsteps


Netanyahu meets with Ukraine Chief Rabbi, promises to help end war if reelected

Netanyahu filmed a short statement along with Rabbi Reuven Asman, speaking about how he intends to act regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war if he wins the upcoming elections.

 Screenshot from video of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Rabbi Reuven Asman, one of Ukraine's Chief Rabbis.

Meet Jacob Herzog, Saudi Arabia's self-proclaimed chief rabbi

Rabbi Herzog, a 46-year-old American-Israeli rabbi who made aliyah from the US as a child, thought of traveling to Saudi Arabia only four years ago.

 RABBI JACOB HERZOG with cleric Sheik Ahmed Bin Qasim al-Ghamdi, who pledged to fight vice and instead became an advocate against gender segregation.

Moscow's chief rabbi of 29 years loses post amid exile from Russia

“I am leaving a community in distress. But from the outside, I will do my utmost to help my beloved community,” Pinchas Goldschmidt said.

 Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt delivers a speech in Paris, France, Oct. 10, 2018.

Sephardi chief rabbi on Ben-Gvir: Stay away from him

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef spoke out against MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's visits to the Temple Mount, claiming that he desecrates God's name by going there.

 Religious Zionist Party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at the Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022.

Turkey's chief rabbi to Israelis: Keep visiting despite security risk

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) Ishak Haleva said Israelis should feel at home in Turkey, contradicting repeated warnings by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.

 Hatikva plays at Erdogan's palace as Israel resets ties with Turkey March 9, 2022.

UK chief rabbi: Prayer services don’t need to last for three hours

UK chief rabbi outlines the way synagogues need to function in a post-COVID world.

 RABBI EPHRAIM MIRVIS attends the Association of Jewish ex-Servicemen and Women annual remembrance parade and ceremony in London in November.

Israeli chief rabbis: Don’t overrule Moscow’s chief rabbi

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt is currently in Israel but is overseeing his community from afar. Israel's chief rabbis wrote to Russian Jewish authorities to keep it that way.

 President of the Conference of European Rabbis Pinchas Goldschmidt talks during an interview with Reuters in Vienna, Austria, May 31, 2016.

UK chief rabbi wrote unique prayer for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

In February, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.

Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Court bars chief rabbi from appointing judges - report

The decision was motivated by Lau's recent move to promote his brother-in-law to a senior post in the Jerusalem Regional Court.

 ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau.

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine chief rabbi to Russian rabbis: Stop the war

"All those who are indifferent, who agree in silence or not in silence, are partners in crime, in a war crime! A crime against humanity!"

 Chabbad Rabbi Moshe Reuven Asman stands outside the Chabad Tehila synagoguein the renewing Jewish community near the village of Antebka near the city of Kiev in Ukraine, on February 14, 2018.