Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel
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Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel was a prominent 20th-century Sephardi rabbinic leader and halakhic authority who played a key role in shaping religious life in the Jewish community of pre-state and early Israel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Context triple: [Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, firstHolder, Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel]
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A.
Ehud Shabtai
Ehud Shabtai is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief architect of the GPS-based navigation app Waze.
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B.
Meir Yaari
Meir Yaari was an Israeli socialist-Zionist leader and long-time head of the left-wing Mapam party, influential in shaping the kibbutz movement and early Israeli politics.
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C.
Yitzhak-Meir Levin
Yitzhak-Meir Levin was a prominent Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Agudat Yisrael political leader who served as a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence and later as a government minister.
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D.
Haim-Moshe Shapira
Haim-Moshe Shapira was a prominent Israeli religious Zionist leader and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in the founding and early governance of the State of Israel.
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E.
Mordechai Hod
Mordechai Hod was an Israeli Air Force general best known for leading and modernizing Israel’s air power, including during the pivotal 1967 Six-Day War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Target entity description: Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel was a prominent 20th-century Sephardi rabbinic leader and halakhic authority who played a key role in shaping religious life in the Jewish community of pre-state and early Israel.
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A.
Ehud Shabtai
Ehud Shabtai is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief architect of the GPS-based navigation app Waze.
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B.
Meir Yaari
Meir Yaari was an Israeli socialist-Zionist leader and long-time head of the left-wing Mapam party, influential in shaping the kibbutz movement and early Israeli politics.
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C.
Yitzhak-Meir Levin
Yitzhak-Meir Levin was a prominent Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Agudat Yisrael political leader who served as a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence and later as a government minister.
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D.
Haim-Moshe Shapira
Haim-Moshe Shapira was a prominent Israeli religious Zionist leader and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in the founding and early governance of the State of Israel.
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E.
Mordechai Hod
Mordechai Hod was an Israeli Air Force general best known for leading and modernizing Israel’s air power, including during the pivotal 1967 Six-Day War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Rabbi
ⓘ
Sephardi rabbi ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ person ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Sephardi Jewry
ⓘ
linked to:
Sephardi Jews
State of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Israel
Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
linked to:
Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Israel
ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Sephardi Jewish culture ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Jerusalem yeshivot
ⓘ
linked to:
Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem
|
| ethnicGroup |
Sephardi Jew
ⓘ
linked to:
Sephardi Jews
|
| familyName | Uziel ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ rabbinic leadership ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ben-Zion
ⓘ
linked to:
Ben Zion
|
| ideology |
Religious Zionism
ⓘ
Zionism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
lenient halakhic approach in some modern questions
ⓘ
public leadership in pre-state Jewish community ⓘ responsa literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Ladino ⓘ |
| movement | Religious Zionism ⓘ |
| name | Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of Jewish-Arab coexistence
ⓘ
efforts to integrate Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities ⓘ halakhic rulings on modern issues ⓘ leading Sephardi Chief Rabbinate in pre-state Palestine ⓘ serving as first Sephardi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel ⓘ support for religious Zionism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mishpetei Uziel
ⓘ
Piskei Uziel ⓘ |
| occupation |
Chief Rabbi
ⓘ
posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman-era Jerusalem
|
| placeOfDeath |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Jerusalem, Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Jerusalem
|
| positionHeld |
Rishon LeZion
ⓘ
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
linked to:
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
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Subject: Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Description of subject: Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel was a prominent 20th-century Sephardi rabbinic leader and halakhic authority who played a key role in shaping religious life in the Jewish community of pre-state and early Israel.
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