Matan Kahana
Former MK Kahana says Iranian missile threat is equivalent to nuclear threat, 'like Hiroshima'
According to Kahana, the Iranian missiles have a warhead of about half a ton of explosives, and "if you take 30,000 such missiles, it is equivalent to the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima."
After Eisenkot, Matan Kahana also announces exit from Gantz's party
A gov't of desecration: Goldknopf’s dance shows Israelis who is really to blame - opinion
Secret recordings, NDAs: Comptroller reveals IDF officers not complying with investigations
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.
Tensions mount in coalition over conversion legislation
The issue is important to Yisrael Beytenu and Yesh Atid, and MKs from those parties will now advance private members' bills next week.
Religious Services Minister plans law to exempt rabbis from political comments restrictions
Minister Matan Kahana's comments were criticized since municipal chief rabbis are in effect never subject to disciplinary procedures despite gross violations of the regulations.
Conference of European Rabbis opposes proposed conversion legislation
Umbrella body of Orthodox European rabbis says Jewish authorities and communities on the continent will not recognize conversions done outside of permanent and ‘important’ rabbinical courts.
Conversion legislation pushed off, minister close to advancing govt bill
MK Yulia Malinovsky of Yisrael Beytenu had submitted her own bill to the committee which would allow municipal chief rabbis and deans of Hesder yeshivas to establish their own conversion courts.
Food in Israel - How is private supervision different from a rabbinical one?
So many customers – whether private or owners of a business – feel so tired of the Rabbinate and its rules.
Kashrut supervisors cook shrimp in protest against planned reforms
Kashrut supervisors cooked shrimp and held fake kashrut certificates in protest in front of the home of the religious affairs minister.
Religious services minister backs marriage alternative outside of rabbinate
Religious Services Minister Matan Kahan expressed support for an alternative form of marriage outside the rabbinate.
Fundamental issues to Jewish nation to be tackled in Knesset winter session - analysis
In the new winter session of the Knesset, Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana will introduce legislation that will tackle the most sensitive issues to the Jewish nation.
Majority of religious-Zionists oppose gov't kashrut reforms - poll
The Knesset committee has begun its deliberations on government kashrut reforms.
