List of chief rabbis of Israel
This is the list of Chief Rabbis of Israel, including Mandatory Palestine.
There are two Chief Rabbis, one on behalf of the Ashkenazi Jews and one on behalf of the Sephardi Jews.
Together they preside the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbis
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau
Mandatory Palestine:
- Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935)
- Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1949)
State of Israel:
- Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1949–1959)
- Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973)
- Shlomo Goren (1973–1983) [1]
- Avraham Shapira (1983–1993)
- Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003)
- Yona Metzger (2003–2013)
- David Lau (2013–present)
- Shlomo Shekelstein[2](1974–present)
Sephardi Chief Rabbis
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Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef
Mandatory Palestine:
- Yaakov Meir (1921–1939)
- Benzion Uziel (1939–1948)
State of Israel:
- Benzion Uziel (1948–1954)
- Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973)
- Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983)
- Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993)
- Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)
- Shlomo Amar (2003–2013)
- Yitzhak Yosef (2013–present)
Related pages
References
- ↑ Goren was also Chief Military Rabbi from 1948 to 1968.
- ↑ Goldberg, James (1979). "Shlomo Shekelstein Elected Rabbi of Israel". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.[dead link]