Matan Kahana

After Eisenkot, Matan Kahana also announces exit from Gantz's party

Kahana's exit follows Gadi Eisenkot's Monday announcement that he would be leaving National Unity and resigning from the Knesset.

 MK Matan Kahana attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 7, 2025.
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

A gov't of desecration: Goldknopf’s dance shows Israelis who is really to blame - opinion

 (Illustrative) State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman and IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi over a backdrop of the IDF Kirya military headquarters.

Secret recordings, NDAs: Comptroller reveals IDF officers not complying with investigations

1000 Christians and Jews March with MK Matan Kahane and IAF President, Josh Reinstein on Yom Hashoah with the March of Life in Stuttgart.

MK Kahana marches alongside Christians and Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day


Storm sparked as Tzohar rabbi recommended to head Conversion Authority

Rabbi Benayahu Brunner, a member of Tzohar and a judge in rabbinical courts, has been appointed to head the Conversion Authority.

 Rabbi Benayahu Brunner

Chief Rabbi Lau threatens to stop approving conversions if reform passes

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman threatened to remove the chief rabbi if he stopped approving conversions.

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau.

Mahanayim rosh yeshiva expresses support for Kahana's conversion reform

The rosh yeshiva of Mahanayim expressed support for Matan Kahana's plan to reform the conversion system in Israel.

 Rabbi Shlomo Wilk (left) and Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana (right)

It is time for Matan Kahana to address the issue of agunot - opinion

Historians will look back on this period of our history and be perplexed. How did the State of Israel, founded on the dream of freedom, end up being the engine of women’s imprisonment?

 Mavoi Satum protest.

Kahana calls for foreign Jews to be given separate entry track

The minister said such a step was required to strengthen the sense of belonging and closeness of Jews around the world to the State of Israel.

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS Minister Matan Kahana address the Knesset plenum last month.

Kahana wary over implementing Western Wall agreement

The religious services minister is reluctant to advance the Western Wall agreement due to political weaponization by the opposition, clarifying that he does not have authority over the issue.

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS Minister Matan Kahana address the Knesset plenum last month.

No one has a monopoly over Judaism - editorial

Saying that a political side “forgot what it is to be Jews” is utterly reprehensible.

UTJ MK Yaakov Litzman together with UTJ MK Moshe Gafni and Shas head Aryeh Deri gives during a press statement at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 8, 2021.

Jerusalem Rabbinate chairman dismissed by Matan Kahana

The professional head of the Jerusalem Rabbinate has been accused of improper behavior in a series of incidents, highlighted by municipal comptroller reports.

 Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana attends a plenary session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 26, 2021.

Proposed conversion reforms a 'spiritual disaster' - Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi

The proposed reforms would allow municipal chief rabbis to do conversions, making it easier for people of Jewish descent who are not Jewish.

 CHIEF ASHKENAZI Rabbi David Lau.

The rabbinate must be reformed to be more welcoming - editorial

The rabbinate has become a restricted club of only one sector of Israeli society, and attempts to diversify it are met with strong opposition.

Chief rabbis gathered to discuss reforms to the conversion and kashrut system