Demography
The majority of the residents of Har Nof are Orthodox Jews, both Haredi and Dati Leumi. Many residents are recent olim. The neighborhood has a large community of English-speaking olim, including notable French-speaking and Spanish-speaking communities. There are also communities of Ger and Vizhnitz Hasidim, as well many Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews. The former Sefardic chief rabbi and leader of the Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, lives in Har Nof. Spiritual leaders of the Ashkenazi Haredi community who reside in Har Nof are Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch of the Edah HaChareidis; the Bostoner Rebbe shlit"a, Rabbi Mayer Alter Horowitz of Congregation Givat Pinchas (The Boston Shul); and Rabbi Yitzchak Mordechai Rubin of Kehilat Bnei Torah.
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