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Israeli rabbi (1958–2024)

Yehuda Deri (Hebrew: יהודה דרעי; 31 July 1957 – 9 July 2024) was an Israeli rabbi, member of the Chief Rabbinical Council of Israel, and the Chief Rabbi of Beersheba from 1997. In 2013, he was a candidate for Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was also a past candidate for Chief Rabbi for Jerusalem and for Tel Aviv.

Deri died of complications from a leg infection on 9 July 2024, at the age of 66. He was the older brother of Aryeh Deri and Shlomo Deri.

References

^ Greenburg, Joel (26 September 2000). "A Religious Revival Near an Israeli Jail". New York Times.
Stuart, Winer (18 July 2013). "Would-be chief rabbis line up". Times of Israel.
^ "Rabbi Yehuda Deri Runs for Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem". Arutz Sheva. 8 October 2014.
"Rabbis Deri, Abergil withdraw chief Sephardic rabbi candidacy". Ynet News. 23 July 2013.
"News Briefs". Jewish Telegraph Agency. 19 April 2005.
"Rabbi Yehuda Deri, brother of Arye Deri, dies at age 66". Jerusalem Post. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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Nahman Batito (1909-1911)
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Nissim Yehuda Danon

Chief Rabbis of
New Yishuv
(Mandatory Palestine)

Acting Chief Rabbi	Haim Moshe Elyashar (1918–1921)
Ashkenazi	Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935) Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1948)
Sephardi	Yaakov Meir (1921–1939) Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1939–1948)

Chief Rabbis of Israel

Ashkenazi

Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1948–1959)
Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973)
Shlomo Goren (1973–1983)
Avraham Shapira (1983–1993)
Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003)
Yona Metzger (2003–2013)

David Lau (2013–2024)
Kalman Ber (2024–Present)

Sephardi

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1948–1953)
Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973)
Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983)
Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993)
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)
Shlomo Amar (2003–2013)
Yitzhak Yosef (2013–2024)

David Yosef (2024- )

Chief Rabbinate Council
(current as of 2008)

Permanent	Yona Metzger Shlomo Amar Yisrael Meir Lau Shlomo Chelouche She'ar Yashuv Cohen
Ashkenazi	Aryeh Stern Yaakov Shapira Yitzchak Dovid Grossman Yosef Glicksburg Yaakov Roja Yitzhak Ralbag
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