Yosef Hadane

Yosef Hadane (, ; born 1949) is the former chief rabbi of the Ethiopian community in Israel and the first Ethiopian Israeli to be ordained as an Orthodox rabbi.

Biography Hadane was born to a prominent Kes, Raphael Hadane. In the 1970s he attended rabbinical school in Turin, Italy, with the intention of returning to Ethiopia. However, due to political unrest on the eve of the Ethiopian Civil War, he instead immigrated to Israel in 1972.

In 1979 Hadane became the first Ethiopian Israeli to be ordained as an Orthodox rabbi in Israel. That year, he also began working for the Ministry of Religious Services.

In 1985, he assisted his family in immigrating to Israel. He publicly criticized the Petah Tikva rabbinate for its "discriminatory practices" towards Ethiopian Jews who wanted to marry. The Ministry claimed that he had simply reached the standard age of retirement, while others noted that other rabbis are routinely given extensions. Ultimately he was given a six-month extension as a result of public outcry. but he was later replaced by Reuven Wabashat.