Court gives government 21 days to respond regarding lack of action over Shlomo Amar's comments disparaging Reform Jews, LGBTQ community, Women of the Wall

Shlomo Amar's unusual statement in English follows multiple small incidents and an unauthorized protest led by the city's deputy mayor against Evangelicals

Ex-chief rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar, who has called LGBTQ people ‘wild animals,’ says it's 'unbearable' that a gay lawmaker was appointed to a position that is 'meant to be lofty'

Leading spiritual leaders say the organization, which works to stifle intermarriage and LGBT rights, 'must be allowed to continue its important activities'

Shlomo Amar, the former Sephardis chief rabbi of Israel, laments religious participants in capital's recent parade

Health Ministry working to extract remaining Israelis from Diamond Princess; Jerusalem chief rabbi to enter self-quarantine after Singapore visit, as Israel toughens rules

Shlomo Amar meets with Gulf state's king, says during trip 'the people of the Middle East want peace with Israel,' amid slowly warming ties between Jerusalem and Manama

Jewish organization calls on Shlomo Amar to apologize for saying gay people can't be religious and that homosexuality 'can be overcome' through fearing God

LGBT community fumes after capital's top Sephardic cleric tells seminar that homosexuality is a 'wild lust' that can be overcome with simple fear of God