List of Chief Rabbis Chief Rabbinate of Israel

1 list of chief rabbis

1.1 mandatory palestine

1.1.1 ashkenazi
1.1.2 sephardi


1.2 state of israel

1.2.1 ashkenazi
1.2.2 sephardi

list of chief rabbis

the current system of chief rabbinate tied workings of secular state introduced under british rule, had roots under turkish ottoman rule. in israel there pre-independence chief rabbis , subsequent chief rabbis officially sanctioned state of israel.

mandatory palestine
ashkenazi

chief rabbis herzog (ashkenazi) , uziel (sephardi) visiting idf camp in 1950s.



abraham isaac kook (1921–1935)
yitzhak halevi herzog (1936–1949)

sephardi

yaakov meir (1921–1939)
benzion uziel (1939–1948)

state of israel
ashkenazi

rabbi david lau, b. 1966, elected in 2013 ashkenazi chief rabbi



yitzhak halevi herzog (1949–1959)
isser yehuda unterman (1964–1973)
shlomo goren (1973–1983)
avraham shapira (1983–1993)
yisrael meir lau (1993–2003)
yona metzger (2003–2013)
david lau (2013–present)

sephardi

rabbi yitzhak yosef, b. 1952, elected in 2013 sephardi chief rabbi



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)