Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, one of Israel’s most influential ultra-Orthodox spiritual leaders who presided over the Shas political party, has died. He was 93.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the powerful, much-loved and sometimes controversial spiritual leader of Israel’s Sephardi community, passed away in Jerusalem early Monday afternoon after being hospitalized ...

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, has ...

In special lecture, Rabbi David Yosef tells New York Jews the importance of maintaining the ancient customs of Israel’s ...

Ovadia Yosef, the rabbi responsible for turning religiously observant Sephardic Jews from a marginalized minority into one of Israel’s most politically powerful groups, has died at age 93.

Son of late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi David Yosef, leaves after giving a Torah lesson during a visit to Safed, November 16, 2017. (David Cohen/Flash90) ...

Yosef — the son of the revered former Haredi spiritual leader, the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who also served as Sephardic chief rabbi — had been the favorite for the position.

Son of late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi David Yosef leaving after giving a Torah lesson during a visit in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, November 16, 2017.