Israeli rabbinate
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.
Chief Rabbinate Council disputes Tzohar kashrut approval hours after authorization
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'
New Rabbinate regulations to ease immigrant Jewish status verification
Publication of new regulations the result of more than half-a-decade of work to standardize Chief Rabbinate policy
Amb. Dermer forms group of rabbis to bypass established organizations
"The convening rabbis will conduct a dialogue and cooperate with the Jews of Israel on issues pertaining to the entire Jewish people.
Is the Chief Rabbinate becoming obsolete?
What happens when Israelis wish to act outside the confines of Jewish law, or according to an interpretation that differs from that of the conservative Chief Rabbinate?
Israelis marry less through rabbinate, cohabit more -survey
Some 88,000 couples live together without being married, including 83,000 couples where at least one partner is formally recognized as being Jewish.
Rabbinate says convicted sex offender Moti Elon may be barred
Rabbi Moti Elon was convicted by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2013 of two counts of indecent assault by force against a minor.
Father of divorce refuser fined 5,000 shekels a day
The Tel Aviv rabbinical court ruled nearly five years ago that the man was obligated to grant a divorce, but he ignored the ruling.
575 rabbis call on Israel to implement full equality for LGBTs
“The enshrining of discrimination into law, and harmful words spoken by religious leaders, sow the seeds of hatred and brutality in the land."
Ghosts of Soviet Jewry are strengthening Israel's Jewish future
Ghosts of the Jewish past in the former Soviet Union are helping ensure the integrity of the Jewish people in Israel.
J’lem chief rabbi asks mayor to remove pride flags
Rabbi Aryeh Stern describes gay pride flags as symbolizing “the opposite” of holiness, and says he is “saddened” that the parade is taking place at all.
Anger in Jewish world grows over detention of Conservative rabbi
The Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement said it was “outraged” by the incident.