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
Mevaseret Zion seeks to prevent election of chief municipal rabbi
City can’t afford NIS 400,000 salary, mayor tells religious services minister.
MKs slam ministry, Chief Rabbinate over circumcision scandal
Mohel accused of sending trainees to practice on Ethiopian, Sudanese babies.
Analysis: Rabbis will continue to upset the public
Just this month, Shas chairman and Interior Minister Arye Deri strengthened the religious establishment’s hold over rabbinical appointments in 32 regional authorities.
Israeli divorce refusal to be criminalized in certain circumstances
Divorce refusal by women is not uncommon although occurs to a lesser extent than divorce refusal by men, according to activist groups.
Keeping kosher: It may be bad for your economic health
Israel's "religious dietary rules" were recently singled out as helping to "hamper the functioning and efficiency of the food and retail sectors."
This Normal Life: Lowest common denominator
"Our children can’t (or won’t) marry each other, we don’t eat in each other’s homes and we fight repeatedly to preserve a long irrelevant status quo."
Jews by choice must be made to feel welcome in their homeland
Right now the rabbinate is widening the gulf between Israel and the Jewish people.
US Orthodox rabbinical association: Chief Rabbinate behavior ‘a disgrace’
Normative Jewish law states that if after converting a convert subsequently fails to fulfill all the religious commandments he nevertheless remains Jewish.
Haredim take control of rabbinical judges appointments committee
Liberal activist groups expressed their concern about the change in the balance of power on the committee.
My Word: Fighter, rabbi and peacemaker
A tribute to Rabbi She’ar Yashuv Cohen.