Chief rabbinate of israel
ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits
ITIM asked the High Court to bar men from using yeshiva study completed without regularized military status to qualify for Rabbinate certification.
Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification
Tzohar asks High Court to reject state's bid to void kashrut license
High Court sets Tuesday deadline in Tzohar kashrut-license dispute
Arrest of Chief Rabbinate official suspected of sexual assault extended
The report filed by the victim states that the suspect committed “dozens” of serious offenses over the span of many years.
Chief Rabbinate official arrested on sexual assault claims
The report filed by the victim states that the suspect committed "dozens" of serious offenses over the span of many years.
Who is a Jew? 70% of Jewish Israelis say patrilineal descent doesn't count
The poll is the IDI's biennial statistical report and serves as an in-depth look at the balance between religion and state that is so central to Israel and Israeli society.
Settlers alarmed as Ariel Rabbinical Court reduces operating hours
The court provides services on family law, property disputes, wills, inheritance and more to tens of thousands of settlers.
Conversion in Israel: The tug of war between the state, rabbinate
How did conversion to Judaism get caught in up the midst of an Israeli political controversy over the Law of Return and identifying who is a Jew?
Can remote civil marriage break the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly?
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: The decision could have wide-ranging implications, including opening an additional loophole for same-sex marriages and other legally disputed unions.
Grapevine: Protecting pedestrians
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Bill to reform Chief Rabbinate nixed in Knesset plenum
The bill aimed to introduce women and religious-Zionist representatives into the election committee and make the process more transparent.
Israel's Chief Rabbinate needs the courage to reform - opinion
Seventy years of religious repression, civil marriage and intermarriage have brought many people of Jewish descent to Israel who are not halachically Jewish.
Save the rabbinate from Israel and Israelis from the rabbinate - opinion
There has never been a central, monopolist authority over conversions (or any other religious function) in Jewish history, nor does it exist in the present outside of Israel.
