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(Ayatollah) Religion, Law, State (Ovadia Yosef)

Posted on October 11, 2013 by zjb

Yehuda Mirsky and Elli Fisher posted this 2006 article by Shlomo Fischer about the non-relation between halakha and nationalism in the rulings of Ovadia Yosef (z”l). You can read the article at: the Cardoza Law Review website. Yosef represented a … Continue reading →

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Concepts & Imagination (Ovadia Yosef z”l)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by zjb

Ovadia Yosef was a major fixture in Israeli religion and politics. About the clarity of his halakhic judgments, I’ll rely on the authority of my colleagues who know this literature better than I do. The ones that get most discussed … Continue reading →

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