Rabbi Jacob Herzog describes his life in Saudi Arabia as uniquely warm and surprisingly welcome, where an openly Orthodox Jew finds respect and curiosity.
Rabbi Herzog served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel from 1936, and,after the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, he became its first chief rabbi until his death in 1959.
Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein: 'Israel’s strike on Iran was a 1-minute-to midnight action to head off the annihilation of the Jewish state, and prevent another Holocaust.'
Representatives of the Irish Jewish community had previously expressed their opposition to the decision for Higgins to deliver the main address at the Holocaust Day ceremony.
The Chief Rabbinate has jurisdiction over issues of personal status, such as marriage, divorce, and conversions, as well as burials, kosher certification, holy sites, rabbinical courts, religious seminaries, and ritual baths.
Israel's former chief rabbi, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, shares a heartfelt message of peace with the people of the United Arab Emirates in celebration of their National Day.
Israel's Chief Rabbi, while blessing worshipers at the Western Wall during Sukkot prayers, praised the warmth and beauty of the unity of Jewish Nation.
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