Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel

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Chief Rabbi Sephardi rabbi halakhic authority person rabbi

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel was a prominent 20th-century Sephardi rabbinic leader and halakhic authority who played a key role in shaping religious life in the Jewish community of pre-state and early Israel.

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Label	Occurrences
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chief Rabbi ⓘ Sephardi rabbi ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ person ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Sephardi Jewry NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Israel ⓘ Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
culture	Sephardi Jewish culture ⓘ
denomination	Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Jerusalem yeshivot NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sephardi Jew NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Uziel NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Halakha ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ rabbinic leadership ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Ben-Zion NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Religious Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	lenient halakhic approach in some modern questions ⓘ public leadership in pre-state Jewish community ⓘ responsa literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Ladino ⓘ
movement	Religious Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of Jewish-Arab coexistence ⓘ efforts to integrate Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities ⓘ halakhic rulings on modern issues ⓘ leading Sephardi Chief Rabbinate in pre-state Palestine ⓘ serving as first Sephardi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel ⓘ support for religious Zionism ⓘ
notableWork	Mishpetei Uziel NERFINISHED ⓘ Piskei Uziel NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	Chief Rabbi ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem, Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Rishon LeZion NERFINISHED ⓘ Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sephardi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ

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Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel → firstHolder → Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel ⓘ

Second Aliyah (Jewish immigration wave, 1904–1914) → hasNotableParticipant → Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Aliyah