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Grandson of rabbi who called homosexuals 'completely evil' to marry boyfriend

The ceremony will take place next week

June 1, 2018 15:52
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (seated) and Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef (with microphone) have both been harsh critics of homosexuality (Photo:Wikimedia Commons/ Shai Be'eri)
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The grandson of a former chief rabbi who said that "homosexuals are completely evil” is marrying his long-term boyfriend next week.

Ovadia Cohen, named after his grandfather, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the foremost halachic authority of the 20th century for Sephardi Jews, is to marry Amichai Landsman, his partner of three years.

Mr Cohen was reportedly very close to his grandfather, growing up in his home after his parents divorced when he was young.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef died in 2013 aged 93.