Yehuda Deri

{{Short description|Israeli rabbi (1958–2024)}}

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Yehuda Deri ({{langx|he|יהודה דרעי}}; 31 July 1957 – 9 July 2024) was an Israeli rabbi,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/26/world/a-religious-revival-near-an-israeli-jail.html?ref=topics|title=A Religious Revival Near an Israeli Jail|last=Greenburg|first=Joel|work=New York Times|date=26 September 2000}} member of the Chief Rabbinical Council of Israel, and the Chief Rabbi of Beersheba from 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/would-be-chief-rabbis-line-up/|title=Would-be chief rabbis line up|last=Stuart|first=Winer|publisher=Times of Israel|date=18 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/306028|title=Rabbi Yehuda Deri Runs for Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem|last=|first=|publisher=Arutz Sheva|date=8 October 2014}} In 2013, he was a candidate for Chief Rabbi of Israel.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4408846,00.html|title= Rabbis Deri, Abergil withdraw chief Sephardic rabbi candidacy|last=|first=|publisher=Ynet News|date=23 July 2013}} He was also a past candidate for Chief Rabbi for Jerusalem and for Tel Aviv.{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2005/04/19/archive/tel-aviv-got-a-new-chief-rabbi-after|title=News Briefs|last=|first=|publisher=Jewish Telegraph Agency|date=19 April 2005}}

Deri died of complications from a leg infection on 9 July 2024, at the age of 66.{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-809601|title=Rabbi Yehuda Deri, brother of Arye Deri, dies at age 66|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=9 July 2024|accessdate=9 July 2024}} He was the older brother of Aryeh Deri and Shlomo Deri.