Tzohar

One in four Israeli Jews celebrate or consider celebrating Christmas - poll

The poll reflects the wider cultural presence of Christmas in Israeli public spaces, including markets, decorations, and seasonal events.

People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.
KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

High Court orders Chief Rabbinate to decide on Tzohar’s kashrut license after year-long delay

 Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.

Ex-Sephardi chief rabbi slams Tel Aviv rabbi as 'heretic' after he calls for haredi IDF enlistment

 MORDECHAI COHEN (R), the legendary ‘masgiach’ of Carmel’s Zichron Ya’acov Cellars.

Wine talk: Separation, not division


This Normal Life: Judaism’s honesty problem

When clients can’t take their business elsewhere, there’s no impetus to improve.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Tzohar: Extradite Australian sexual abuse fugitive Malka Leifer

There was no final ruling and it appears that the proceedings will reconvene in January.

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Alternative Orthodox kashrut authority certifies Sinai hotel

This upcoming Hanukkah, a Tzohar-trained and certified kashrut supervisor will provide full kosher supervision at the La Playa Beach Resort Taba Hotel.

Beduin ride camels in the Sinai Peninsula in 2006

Tzohar rabbis ready to challenge Mandelblit in kashrut certification fight

Rabbinical organization says AG ruling is “kashrut stamp” for its kashrut supervision service. Mandelblit's decision seems to say otherwise.

Avichai Mandelblit

Tzohar might not be able to issue kosher certificates

Tzohar currently has almost 100 restaurants and other establishments which have signed up to its kashrut supervision.

The national-religious rabbinical association Tzohar 370

Tzohar and Ohr Torah Stone holding 400 Purim readings around country

"The lack of opportunities for young women to be involved in religious services has become a big educational problem for girls."

A packed house for the Purim megila reading in 2016 at the Tel Aviv International Synagogue

Caucus calls for privatization of religious services

The new caucus is designed to keep such issues in the public eye, despite the conservative inclinations of coalition parties United Torah Judaism, Shas and Bayit Yehudi.

Yesh Atid MK Aliza Lavie

The latest manifestation of the debate regarding state-religion relationship in Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Tzohar call on Ethiopian community to register for marriage with organization

Ethiopian Israelis have frequently complained that certain local rabbinates refuse to register them for marriage owing to the refusal of some chief municipal rabbis to accept them as Jewish.

Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel mark the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem November 20, 2014

Tel Aviv synagogue vandalized in politically motivated graffiti

Outer wall of the synagogue was spray painted with the comment "In a place where a Jewish state bill bill will be legislated books will be burned," and a pile of burnt books left at the site.

Burned books and graffiti at Tel Aviv synagogue