Chief rabbinate of israel
High Court challenges law excluding women from Israel's Chief Rabbinate elections
The court issued an order requiring the respondents to explain why a 2024 law should not be interpreted to require the rabbis to also appoint women as representatives in the electoral assembly.
Who owns Judaism? Israel must take it back from the religious establishment - opinion
Chief Rabbinate Council sets new financial range for ketubahs
ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits
Get refuser grants divorce after being arrested at coronavirus checkpoint
"The get has become a halachically endorsed tool that can be abused to extort, control and threaten a spouse," said Director of Yad La'isha.
Court rules Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu must have disciplinary trial
Apparently racist and political comments made by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu are not permitted for public official, and Chief Rabbinate must hold disciplinary trial for him.
Israel is the Jewish state, but Judaism does not belong to anyone
We all should be able to choose our Judaism, to live according to its basic values, and not according to halachic definitions of Orthodox Judaism.
Opening up kashrut certification is a step in the right direction
Wrenching complete kashrut control out of the hands of a body with a vested economic interest in retaining it is not going to be easy, but the first steps are to be welcomed.
High Court gives rabbinate 90 days for solution to women’s Halacha exams
The interim ruling comes following a petition by three NGOs to the court, which argued that women are discriminated against by the state since they cannot obtain the same qualifications as men.
It's time for Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to step up or step down
The government needs to present Yosef with a choice – either help or get out of the way.
The battle of forcing religious reform upon the government
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Religion and state reforms are not on the coalition’s agenda, but the High Court may bring them front and center once again.
Chief Rabbinate declines to revoke accreditation for disgraced rabbi Elon
Elon, who was convicted in 2013 of two counts of indecent assault by force against a minor, has instead committed not to seek appointment to a state-paid position until the age of legal retirement.
Head of Chief Rabbinate kashrut to be indicted for bribery
Rabbi allegedly took cash in return for bypassing supervision procedures
Israel's Chief Rabbi calls for public fast day amid coronavirus outbreak
For those who can't fast, Lau asked that they take on a "ta'anit dibur," a practice in which one abstains from all speech that does not concern Torah or prayer.
