Israel's Chief Rabbinate has become a hereditary monarchy - opinion
The position of chief rabbi, which has a ten-year tenure, has become a political tool and the province of members of a few elite families who monopolize it.
ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)ByRICHARD SHAVEI-TZION