Israeli rabbinate
Chief Rabbinate Council disputes Tzohar kashrut approval hours after authorization
“The approval was granted unlawfully and did not go through the Chief Rabbinate Council as required,” Director General of the Ministry of Religious Services Yehuda Avidan said.
Rabbinate accused of defying court as Israeli women left waiting for exams
Rabbinate seeks retrial on ruling allowing women to take exams, blames 'halachic noncompliance'
Israelis want civil marriage, to break rabbinic monopoly in new Tu B'Av poll
Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi: Split with Diaspora 'fake news'
David Lau says accusations regarding a lack of access to the main Western Wall plaza were “lies and falsehood.”
Israeli Chief Rabbinate blacklists 160 Diaspora rabbis
Among the list are several prominent Orthodox rabbinical leaders from the US, Israel and Canada.
American Jewish converts ‘hurt’ and ‘humiliated’ by conversion bill
"Israel’s latest conversion bill is only a more institutionalized manifestation of this social discomfort."
The future of Judaism is at stake
The current crisis is important not only because of what happens at the Western Wall and the relations between Israel and American Jewry, but because the very nature of Judaism is being undermined.
Vatican names first Israeli rabbi as adviser
Two rabbis, including Israeli Abraham Steinberg, join the Vatican's Pontifical Academy advisory committee.
In stinging blow to Diaspora Jewry, government reneges on Western Wall deal
Cabinet also approves conversion law giving sole power to Chief Rabbinate.
Rabbinate seeking lawyers to fight Western Wall changes
The government decided to allow women to pray in the Western Wall alone and alongside men, yet no such section is open; Chief Rabbinate demands right to speak for itself in court.
JPost Editorial: Crime and no punishment
The mother’s anguish was not only directed at religious hypocrisy.
An independent kashrut system takes shape
Hashgacha Pratit’s supervision is increasingly in demand, but Heaven forbid anyone use the ‘K-word’
In Israeli first, divorce refuser to face criminal prosecution
Husband in question has refused to give a divorce for 17 years and has sat in jail for most of that time.