Yitzhak Yosef
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Background
Yitzhak Yosef is a son of ShasShas
Shas is an ultra-orthodox religious political party in Israel, primarily representing Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Judaism.Shas was founded in 1984 by dissident members of the Ashkenazi dominated Agudat Israel, to represent the interests of religiously observant Sephardic and Mizrahi ...
' spiritual leader, and former Israeli Chief Rabbi, Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef is the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, a recognised Talmudic scholar and foremost halakhic authority.He currently serves as the spiritual leader of the Shas political party in the Israeli parliament...
, and a brother of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef
Yaakov Yosef
Ya'akov Yosef is an Israeli rabbi and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1984 and 1988.-Biography:Yosef was born in Egypt towards the end of the Mandate era, the second son of Ovadia Yosef, a prominent rabbi. He was educated in the Porat Yosef and Kol Torah...
, a Jerusalem politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
who was a member of the Eleventh Knesset, and Avraham Yosef
Avraham Yosef
Harav Avraham Yosef is the Chief Rabbi of Holon, Israel and is a Sephardi representative on the Chief Rabbinate Council .-Background:...
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Sephardi candidate for Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
Since 2007, Yitzhak Yosef has been considered a candidate for the Sephardic Chief RabbiChief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities...
of Jerusalem.http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/959367.htmlhttp://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184900508&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFullhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092050.html