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'
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.
ASK THE RABBI
May one publicly shame a recalcitrant husband into granting a divorce?
Before Tisha Be’Av, rabbis urge end to narrow sectoral interests
“You can’t look at the big picture if you’re hating each other. You can win small victories, make some financial gains, but we’re losing the holiness of why we’re here while we do so.”
What remains of the religious status quo?
Instead of Judaism being what unites Jews in Israel with Jews around the world, our religion has become the main source of conflict.
Chief Rabbinate investigates Diaspora rabbis' ‘commitment to Jewish law’
Court documents submitted by the Chief Rabbinate state that it checks “the qualifications as a rabbi and the level of his commitment to Jewish law,” of Orthodox Diaspora rabbis.
July 12, 2017: Rabbinate blacklist
Reader's thoughts on the Rabbinate blacklist, El Al and the 20th Maccabiah games.
Chief Rabbi regrets rabbinical rejection of Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founder
Rabbi Yehoshua Fass’ affirmation for a congregant was rejected in 2016 along with those of 159 other Diaspora rabbis.
Rabbinic blacklists, UNESCO insults and outraged Zionists, oh my!
Rather than saying to the Chief Rabbinate, “How dare you, I’m running away offended,” I say: “How dare you, you’re wrong.”
