An Israel Democracy Institute researcher says the violence reflects long-standing shifts within haredi society and mounting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in ...

(RNS) — Just in time for the Jewish new year, which began last week, Israel elected a new Sephardic chief rabbi, but voting for the Ashkenazi one remains mired in controversy. The appointment comes ...

A prominent Sephardic rabbi from the southern city of Netivot is planning on establishing a new ultra-Orthodox party to compete with Shas on a national level, after successfully challenging its ...

Addressing the anti-conscription demonstration in Jerusalem, Rabbi Ben Zion Mutzafi, 75, one of the top Sephardic Haredi spiritual leaders, complains that the government is jailing Torah students.

Son-in-law of late Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef answers query on inter-ethnic marriage in haredi community.