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'
In Israeli first, divorce refuser to face criminal prosecution
Husband in question has refused to give a divorce for 17 years and has sat in jail for most of that time.
Kashrut supervision so bad ‘public is being misled,’ watchdog report says
Several supervisors found to be 'working' for 24 hrs a day, one was allocated 27 hours of supervision work daily.
Local rabbinates overcharged NIS 5m. a year for mikve use
Court rules in favor of class-action suit; fines offenders NIS 230,000.
Ministry to appoint woman to be deputy director of rabbinical courts
MAVOI SATUM director Batya Kahana-Dror (above) sees the appointment of a women as deputy director of the rabbinical courts as merely the first step.
JPost Editorial: Agunot in Zion
While we applaud the High Court’s decision, the “Aguna of Safed” case raises a number of questions regarding the place of Jewish law in a state that purports to be both Jewish and democratic.
A threat to the foundations of Jewish peoplehood
Leaving issues of religion and state to an ultra-Orthodox monopoly is leading to estrangement between Israel and the Diaspora. New arrangements must be reached.
Making kashrut kosher
The danger of the Chief Rabbinate’s databases
The direction that Israel’s religious establishment is taking is worrisome, if not dangerous.
Ask The Rabbi: Does Halacha permit demolition of terrorists’ homes?
Accordingly, it is hard to say that Jewish law gives a definitive answer to this dilemma.
Grapevine: Retraining rabbis
A round-up of news from around Israel.