Yona Metzger

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Rabbi Yona Metzger
Personal
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Israeli
Denomination	Orthodox
Position	Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Began	2003
Ended	2013

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.