Shlomo Amar
Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar calls for Mimouna to be canceled this year due to the war
Rabbi Amar used to hold a public Mimouna event every year with rabbis and public figures, but this year, he canceled it.
Court demands answers on chief rabbi's hate speech against LGBTQ, Reform Jews
LGBTQ+ community to blame for earthquakes, prominent Israeli rabbi claims
Reform movement petitions High Court on Jerusalem chief rabbi ‘incitement’
'IDF religious won't hear women sing? Use earplugs'
Shas MK says he would put fingers in ear if females sang at Knesset; IDF Maj.-Gen. Barbivai says that commanders' authority comes before halacha.
Chief rabbi skeptical about marriage bill
Bill seeks to prevent rabbis from taking money for performing weddings, except for travel expenses.
Bill to end wedding fees for rabbis
Rabbis have been receiving double income- state-funded salaries and private payments for marriage ceremonies.
Chief rabbis deny bias against Tzohar, begin probe
“Very severe slander was spoken against all rabbis in Israel, things that have no connection to reality,” Amar says.
Restrictions on rabbis from conducting weddings removed
Tzohar rabbis authorized as long as they supply proof of rabbinic ordination, know laws of marriage, currently serve as rabbi, teacher.
Benny Gantz meets with chief rabbis
IDF Chief of General Staff tells rabbis he would reconsider the use of female singers at military ceremonies following dismal of four cadets.
The world's most influential Jews: 31-40
Howard Kohr, Adin Steinsaltz, Nora Ephron, Irene Rosenfeld, Jeffrey Goldberg, Fiamma Nirenstein, Joseph Cedar, Natalie Portman, Yitzhak David Grossman, Shlomo Amar.
Metzger: I won’t seek 2nd term, unless rabbis tell me to
Chief rabbis return from visit to Spain's Jewish community; Metzger says rabbinic court will be formed there to help women seeking divorces.
2010 sees drop in applications for IDF conversions
IDF Manpower Directorate says decline due to public uproar over Conversion Bill; overall, conversions are slightly up.
Controversial bill seeks to keep chief rabbis in office
Legislation would change law limiting rabbi’s term to 10 years; MK calls bill "personal legislation totally against constitutional norms.”
