Yona Metzger

Rabbi
Yona Metzger
Personal
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
DenominationOrthodox
Jewish leader
PredecessorYisrael Meir Lau
SuccessorDavid Lau
PositionAshkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Began2003
Ended2013

Yona Metzger (Hebrew: יונה מצגר; born 1953) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. In 2013, while chief rabbi, a fraud investigation was opened. Metzger later pleaded guilty to a number of corruption charges, was tried and convicted, and after a plea bargain was rejected, served prison time.


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