Rabbinical court
Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
Critics have warned of the bill's democratic implications, including those involving women's rights, which may deepen the rift between the haredi and secular communities.
Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system - opinion
Ending violence against women starts with refusing to look away - opinion
Knesset advances bill expanding rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
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.
Defeat for Chief Rabbi Yosef in High Court ruling on ‘Agunah from Safed’
In 2014, the Safed Rabbinical Court issued an innovative ruling in Jewish law issuing a bill of divorce to a woman whose husband was in a permanent vegetative state, on behalf of the husband.
AG backs ‘Agunah of Safed’ against Supreme Rabbinical Court
AG: allowing third party appeal "would have far reaching consequences of the utmost severity on all divorces issued by the rabbinical courts."
High Court freezes appointment of incoming IDF chief rabbi
“He needs to decide where he stands. We want to hear what he really says, we need to know his position, that is all we are asking at this point.”
Israeli divorce refusal to be criminalized in certain circumstances
Divorce refusal by women is not uncommon although occurs to a lesser extent than divorce refusal by men, according to activist groups.
Concerns of ‘political influence’ raised over new rabbinical judges panel member
Activists say Shas appointee Rachel Dotan is unknown to women’s rights groups
Haredim take control of rabbinical judges appointments committee
Liberal activist groups expressed their concern about the change in the balance of power on the committee.
The call for women to serve on religious councils
In Israel today there are 132 municipalities that provide state-sponsored religious services, and yet only 40 religious councils are functioning.
Who are the new Supreme Rabbinical Court judges?
Now that the Machiavellian political wrangling has finally ended, the disposition of the court with its full complement of 10 rabbinical judges can be discerned.
Supreme Rabbinical Court judges cast doubt on Lookstein conversions
Peretz said Lookstein was not on the list of US rabbis approved by the chief rabbinate as able to convert, while the chief rabbinate itself said that he was.