Israeli rabbinate
Chief Rabbinate Council disputes Tzohar kashrut approval hours after authorization
“The approval was granted unlawfully and did not go through the Chief Rabbinate Council as required,” Director General of the Ministry of Religious Services Yehuda Avidan said.
Rabbinate accused of defying court as Israeli women left waiting for exams
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
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"
‘Campaign of persecution’ against independent kashrut
“These fines are not actually fines, but rather extortion via threats."
The God of vengeance and the God of mercy
The Pharisees are strict legalists.
Local rabbinate checking 'Jewishness' of restaurant employees, Knesset hears
"Next you’ll tell us to drop our trousers to check our circumcision," MK says at discrimination hearing.
Divorce refusal to be considered when applying to be rabbinical judge
Having refused to give a divorce will not, however, automatically disqualify a candidate
Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs
'Who is a Jew?' can now be answered by genetic testing
The mass immigration of Jews from the FSU to Israel was seen as a welcome blessing, but many have experienced difficulties proving their Jewish identity.
Independent authority defies Rabbinate, issues kosher certificates
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate currently has a monopoly over the issuing of kashrut certificates, though a recent High Court ruling has opened the door to a shift in the status quo.
'Jewish tradition and Halacha have become stagnant'
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo pulls no punches in telling the 'Post' how Judaism and the rabbinic establishment can begin to respond to the current reality.
Rabbinical court rules against Jewish marriage rites for Messianic Jews
The complexity of the case required the involvement of the deputy president of the court together with two senior rabbinical judges.