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Who are the current important leaders in Orthodox Judaism?

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When historian Dr. Jenna Joselit published her important study of Orthodox Jews during the interwar years, she found that “Orthodox synagogues tended to be .... read more

The generally accepted leader of Orthodox Judaism today is Rabbi Shtainman (he lives in Israel). He is an Askenazi Jew, which means he is of European ancestry. Among Sephardim (Jews of Middle Eastern ancestry), there is not any single leader alive today. Rabbi Ovadya Yosef, who was the uncontested leader of the Sephardim, recently died. read more

Israel's chief rabbi is seen as a figure of influence throughout the Orthodox Jewish community, but he is not seen as a leader of the religion. In the United States, the Rabbinical Assembly oversees conservative Jewish rabbis and the Central Conference of American Rabbis oversees reformed Jewish rabbis. read more

With the growth of the Renaissance and the development of the secular modern world, and as Jews were welcomed into non-Jewish society particularly during the times of Napoleon in the 18th and 19th centuries, Jews began to leave the Jewish ghettos in Europe, and simultaneously rejected the traditional roles of the rabbis as communal and religious leaders. read more

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