List of chief rabbis of Israel

This is the list of Chief Rabbis of Israel, including Mandatory Palestine.

There are two Chief Rabbis, one for the Ashkenazi Jews and one for the Sephardi Jews.

Together they are in charge of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

 Ashkenazi Chief Rabbis 
+Ashkenazi chief rabbis No Portrait Name Term Notes 1 100px Abraham Isaac haCohen Kook 1921–1935 Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine 2 100px Yitzchak haLevi Herzog 1936–1959 Chief Rabbi of Ireland (1919–1936)First Chief Rabbi of the State of IsraelFather of Israeli president Chaim HerzogGrandfather of Israeli president Isaac Herzog 3 100px Isser Yehuda Unterman 1964–1973 Chief rabbi of Liverpool and Tel Aviv 4 100px Shlomo Goren 1973–1983 Chief Rabbi of the IDF (1948–1968) 5 100px Avraham Shapira 1983–1993 6 100px Yisrael Meir Lau 1993–2003 Father of David Lau 7 100px Yona Metzger 2003–2013 Went to jail for fraud 8 100px David Lau 2013–2024 Son of Yisrael Meir LauVacant from 1 July 2024-4 November 2024 9 100px Kalman Ber 2024–present Related to Avraham Shapira by marriage

 Sephardi Chief Rabbis 
+Sefardic chief rabbis No Portrait Name Term Notes 1 100px Yaacov Meir 1921–1939 First Chief Rabbi of Palestine 2 100px Ben-Zion Uziel 1939–1953 First Chief Rabbi of Israel 3 100px Yitzchak Nissim 1955–1973 Father of MK, minister and deputy Prime Minister, Moshe Nissim 4 100px Ovadia Yosef 1973–1983 Started the Shas political partyFather of Yitzchak Yosef 5 100px Mordechai Eliyahu 1983–1993 6 100px Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron 1993–2003 Guilty of fraud 7 100px Shlomo Amar 2003–2013 Related to Yitzchak Yosef by marriage 8 169x169px Yitzchak Yosef 2013–present Son of Ovadia YosefRelated to Shlomo Amar by marriageVacant 1 July 2024 - 1 October 20249  169x169pxDavid Yosef2024-presentSon of Ovadia Yosef
Brother of Yitzchak Yosef

 Related pages 
 List of Chief Military Rabbis

 References 


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