Who Leads the Jewish Diaspora Affairs in Israel?

The Chief Rabbi of Israel is the highest religious authority overseeing Jewish communal and diaspora affairs.

• Current (as of 2024): Rabbi David Lau (Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi), elected 2013 for a 10-year term.
• Sephardi Chief Rabbi: Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (also since 2013).

Together, they head the Chief Rabbinate, which supervises marriage, divorce, conversion, kashrut, and religious services for Jews in Israel and the diaspora. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs (governmental) also engages global Jewish communities.