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Manasseh’s children come home to Zion - and fulfill a 2,700-year promise - opinion
The aliyah of hundreds of members of the Bnei Menashe community from northeastern India, completes a long and meandering journey that began nearly 2,700 years ago.
Lost in translation, found in love: Ariana Phillips’s path to marriage in Israel
Rabbinate accused of defying court as Israeli women left waiting for exams
Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier
High Court overturns Chief Rabbinate ban on Tzohar kashrut for imports
Some two years ago, the Chief Rabbinate's imports committee denied an initial Tzohar request to allow its certification to apply for imported goods.
Chief Rabbinate election delay bill passes first reading
According to Israeli law, the chief rabbis serve for 10 years, and religious councils for five years.
'Being a Nation State': Evolution of Israel's Jewish, democratic balance - review
Tensions have moved along two interrelated axes in Israeli society: between Jewishness as a national identity and democracy; and Judaism as a religion and democracy.
Editor's Notes: Love the convert
As Jews in Israel and around the world read the Book of Ruth during the holiday of Shavuot, it is worth asking how beloved converts truly are today.
Diaspora Rabbis: Change age limit for candidates for Chief Rabbi
Favored Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi candidate unable to compete due to being over the age limit, the government-proposed alternative is less popular.
Arrest of Chief Rabbinate official suspected of sexual assault extended
The report filed by the victim states that the suspect committed “dozens” of serious offenses over the span of many years.
Chief Rabbinate official arrested on sexual assault claims
The report filed by the victim states that the suspect committed "dozens" of serious offenses over the span of many years.
Who is a Jew? 70% of Jewish Israelis say patrilineal descent doesn't count
The poll is the IDI's biennial statistical report and serves as an in-depth look at the balance between religion and state that is so central to Israel and Israeli society.
Settlers alarmed as Ariel Rabbinical Court reduces operating hours
The court provides services on family law, property disputes, wills, inheritance and more to tens of thousands of settlers.
Conversion in Israel: The tug of war between the state, rabbinate
How did conversion to Judaism get caught in up the midst of an Israeli political controversy over the Law of Return and identifying who is a Jew?
