Chief rabbinate of israel

Chief Rabbinate Council sets new financial range for ketubahs

The new range aims to prevent grooms from pledging sums they cannot pay while preserving a meaningful minimum that provides wives with genuine financial protection.

 The groom hugs the bride from behind, the bride holds a wedding bouquet. (illustrative)
The Supreme Court convenes to maintain the freeze on the law limiting enforcement against haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft dodgers, July 28, 2026.

ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits

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

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

 A WOMAN walks past a Jerusalem eatery with a Tzohar kashrut certificate.

Tzohar asks High Court to reject state's bid to void kashrut license


Israel is the Jewish state, but Judaism does not belong to anyone

We all should be able to choose our Judaism, to live according to its basic values, and not according to halachic definitions of Orthodox Judaism.

MK BEZALEL SMOTRICH speaks during a Knesset plenary session on August 24.

Opening up kashrut certification is a step in the right direction

Wrenching complete kashrut control out of the hands of a body with a vested economic interest in retaining it is not going to be easy, but the first steps are to be welcomed.

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

High Court gives rabbinate 90 days for solution to women’s Halacha exams

The interim ruling comes following a petition by three NGOs to the court, which argued that women are discriminated against by the state since they cannot obtain the same qualifications as men.

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

It's time for Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to step up or step down

The government needs to present Yosef with a choice – either help or get out of the way.

SEPHARDI CHIEF Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

The battle of forcing religious reform upon the government

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Religion and state reforms are not on the coalition’s agenda, but the High Court may bring them front and center once again.

ISSUES INVOLVING religion and state could be foisted upon a reluctant government.

Chief Rabbinate declines to revoke accreditation for disgraced rabbi Elon

Elon, who was convicted in 2013 of two counts of indecent assault by force against a minor, has instead committed not to seek appointment to a state-paid position until the age of legal retirement.

Moti Elon

Head of Chief Rabbinate kashrut to be indicted for bribery

Rabbi allegedly took cash in return for bypassing supervision procedures

THE BUILDING of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem.

Israel's Chief Rabbi calls for public fast day amid coronavirus outbreak

For those who can't fast, Lau asked that they take on a "ta'anit dibur," a practice in which one abstains from all speech that does not concern Torah or prayer.

Chief Rabbi David Lau prays at special prayer service during coronavirus outbreak, March 2020

Is the Rabbinical Court’s best good enough?

The Rabbinical Court must set itself free to set the agunot free.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

Kan forced to issue an apology by the Journalism ethics committee

After airing a report regarding the unreliable nature of Kosher certificates, Kan were told to issue and apology due to various inaccuracies found within the report.

"Kan," the new public broadcaster's logo.