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.

JULY 29, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

The Supreme Court convenes to maintain the freeze on the law limiting enforcement against haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft dodgers, July 28, 2026.

High Court sets Tuesday deadline in Tzohar kashrut-license dispute

Tzohar’s kashrut division head told The Jerusalem Post that its standards follow the Chief Rabbinate's procedures and that it would continue operating under the license it received.

JULY 7, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Chief Rabbinate Council disputes Tzohar kashrut approval hours after authorization

“The approval was granted unlawfully and did not go through the Chief Rabbinate Council as required,” Director General of the Ministry of Religious Services Yehuda Avidan said.

JULY 2, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

What does the kashrut reform repeal mean, and could it raise food prices? - explainer

The reform was designed to move Israel’s kashrut system away from one controlled almost entirely by the Chief Rabbinate and local rabbinates, and toward a regulated market.

JUNE 3, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi appointed senior role in European rabbis org

Mizrachi said that representatives of the CER “asked me to be the president of the rebbetzin training program on behalf of the CER.”

AUGUST 1, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi speaks to orthodox Jewish women at the Public Security Ministry offices in Jerusalem

Can remote civil marriage break the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: The decision could have wide-ranging implications, including opening an additional loophole for same-sex marriages and other legally disputed unions.

JULY 16, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF

IN A DECISION announced earlier this week, the Lod District Court ruled that the Interior Ministry must recognize those civil marriages performed remotely via an online ceremony in Utah.

Israeli court decision recognizes marriages performed in Utah by video

Hundreds of couples got married in Utah through Zoom about a year and a half ago and waited for a legal decision on the issue.

JULY 10, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

There are more than 50 Orthodox egalitarian minyanim in Israel - Hadar

“There are currently about 50 halachicly committed communities in Israel, and are on the continuum of gender equality,” Dr. Rabbi Avital Hochstein, President of Hadar in Israel, said.

JULY 3, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Are Israel's kashrut, conversion reforms moving forward?

While the State of Israel in 2022 may not yet be fully redeemed, these words do provide a certain sense of optimism and renewal. 

APRIL 14, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

GABI GLUCK, owner of Caya Specialty Coffee in Ra’anana, holds Tzohar’s kashrut certification.

Why isn’t this Orthodox Jewish-Ukranian family considered Jewish in Israel?

Yael and Aaron Agpov look like your average Orthodox family but had to face off against Israeli bureaucracy because they weren't recognized as Jewish and could immigrate to Israel.

APRIL 12, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Women's fates should not be held by men - opinion

When a Jewish woman wants to get divorced, she has to face a panel of three men who hold her future in their hands.

MARCH 10, 2022ByKYLIE EISMAN-LIFSCHITZ

THE RABBINICAL COURT’S Division for Agunot in Jerusalem. ‘It’s high time for there to be women’s representatives in the rabbinical courts.’

Save the rabbinate from Israel and Israelis from the rabbinate - opinion

There has never been a central, monopolist authority over conversions (or any other religious function) in Jewish history, nor does it exist in the present outside of Israel.

JANUARY 23, 2022ByJACOB WEISS