Israeli rabbinate
Rabbinate accused of defying court as Israeli women left waiting for exams
Rabbi Seth Farber, the founder and head of ITIM, said the women had been left waiting for hours and that the organization was trying to get them food for lunch.
Rabbinate seeks retrial on ruling allowing women to take exams, blames 'halachic noncompliance'
Israelis want civil marriage, to break rabbinic monopoly in new Tu B'Av poll
New interim chief rabbi appointed, previous resigned over inclusion of female rabbis
Internal Affairs Committee calls for regulating bridal guidance programs
To illustrate issues with the bridal guidance programs, they cited instances of women being told to treat their husbands as kings if they wish to be queens, and to share previous sexual experiences.
Divorce refuser who scandalized Knesset finally grants divorce
Attias was instructed by the Haifa Rabbinical Court to give his wife a divorce two years ago but has refused until now.
Leaked letter: Chief Rabbinate blacklisted dozens of U.S. Orthodox rabbis
Credentials of 124 rabbis ordained by Orthodox NY institution Yeshivat Chovevei Torah were ostensibly rejected by the Chief Rabbinate and Rabbinical Courts.
A mohel reflects: Blood on all our hands
The rabbinate should be an institution committed to professional development and support for mohalim.
Many municipal chief rabbis spending hundreds of days abroad, report finds
Such appointments contravene ministry regulations since they constitute a conflict of interests for the rabbi should he have to take disciplinary action against his relative.
As good as Jew
"It’s extremely distressing that Israel, supposedly the de facto homeland for all Jews, is controlled exclusively by the Orthodox rabbinate, which discriminates against non-Orthodox rabbis..."
Would-be converts must marry or leave partners, Knesset committee told
The practice has been called "coercive and unfair."
WATCH: Orthodox rabbis speak out against the Rabbinate
Why are Orthodox rabbis against Israel's central religious authority?
Recent trend shows Jewish marriage on the wane in Israel
Several organizations have expressed concern with the number of Jewish citizens marrying outside the rabbinate.
A rabbinical dynasty
"They have a deep faith, as a moral compass, but they don’t understand what has turned Judaism into what they see as a dark and oppressive way of expressing it"
