Benzion Meir Chai Uziel (1880 - 1953) (Hebrew:בן ציון מאיר חי עוזיאל), was a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Rabbi Uziel was born in Jerusalem. Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel, the West Bank, the United States, and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... Jerusalem (31°46′N 35°14′E; Hebrew: (help· info) Yerushalayim; Arabic: (help· info) al-Quds, Greek Ιεροσόλυμα), the capital city of the State of Israel, is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...