Yona Metzger

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Chief Rabbi of Israel Israeli rabbi human rabbi

Yona Metzger is an Israeli rabbi who served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and was a prominent, though controversial, religious leader in the country.

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Label	Occurrences
Yona Metzger canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ Israeli rabbi ⓘ human ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
appointedBy	Israeli Chief Rabbinate electoral body NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1953-08-04 ⓘ
birthPlace	Haifa NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Israel ⓘ
denomination	Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	2013 (as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Metzger NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Jewish law ⓘ rabbinic leadership ⓘ religious Zionism ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Yona NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOccupation	dayan ⓘ public servant ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
memberOf	Chief Rabbinate of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	officer ⓘ
militaryService	Israel Defense Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Religious Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Yona Metzger NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	controversies related to ethics and corruption allegations ⓘ public religious leadership in Israel ⓘ serving as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
notableWork	public halachic rulings as Chief Rabbi ⓘ
participatedIn	interfaith dialogue initiatives ⓘ public debates on religious policy in Israel ⓘ
positionHeld	Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv (acting) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ
startTime	2003 (as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel) ⓘ
subjectOf	legal investigations in Israel ⓘ media controversy in Israel ⓘ
workLocation	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Tel Aviv NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel → notableHolder → Yona Metzger ⓘ