# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yona-metzger
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:19:35.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yona-metzger"
name: "Yona Metzger"
slug: "yona-metzger"
description: "Yona Metzger 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."
tagline: "Israeli rabbi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PikiWiki_Israel_8089_Yona_Metzger_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1953-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.142857142857143
  historical:           11.18412933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  250
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "يونا ميتزجر"
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    title: "Jona Metzger"
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    title: "Yona Metzger"
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    title: "Yona Metzger"
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    title: "Yona Metzger"
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    title: "Yona Metzger"
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    title: "יונה מצגר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yona Metzger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jona_Metzger"
    title: "Jona Metzger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Metzger"
    title: "Jonas Metzger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мецгер, Йона"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump