Israeli rabbinate
Rabbinate seeks retrial on ruling allowing women to take exams, blames 'halachic noncompliance'
The Rabbinate's argument rested on what it presented as firm halachic noncompliance with women taking the exams, as certain topics covered therein are prohibited by nature.
Israelis want civil marriage, to break rabbinic monopoly in new Tu B'Av poll
New interim chief rabbi appointed, previous resigned over inclusion of female rabbis
Israel no longer has chief rabbis after ministry fails to hold timely elections
The God of vengeance and the God of mercy
The Pharisees are strict legalists.
Local rabbinate checking 'Jewishness' of restaurant employees, Knesset hears
"Next you’ll tell us to drop our trousers to check our circumcision," MK says at discrimination hearing.
Divorce refusal to be considered when applying to be rabbinical judge
Having refused to give a divorce will not, however, automatically disqualify a candidate
Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs
'Who is a Jew?' can now be answered by genetic testing
The mass immigration of Jews from the FSU to Israel was seen as a welcome blessing, but many have experienced difficulties proving their Jewish identity.
Independent authority defies Rabbinate, issues kosher certificates
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate currently has a monopoly over the issuing of kashrut certificates, though a recent High Court ruling has opened the door to a shift in the status quo.
'Jewish tradition and Halacha have become stagnant'
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo pulls no punches in telling the 'Post' how Judaism and the rabbinic establishment can begin to respond to the current reality.
Rabbinical court rules against Jewish marriage rites for Messianic Jews
The complexity of the case required the involvement of the deputy president of the court together with two senior rabbinical judges.
Chief Rabbinate contests High Court jurisdiction over Western Wall prayer
“A clear majority of the Israeli public opposes the destructive monopoly of the rabbinical establishment at the Western Wall," Rabbi Gilad Kariv, head of the Reform movement in Israel, said.
Women now have more rights in Rabbinical Courts, but more must be done
In an historic decision, the High Court ruled that a woman could be chosen for a high administrative post in the Rabbinical Courts.