Rabbinical court
Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis
Critics also challenge one of the law’s intended benefits of easing pressure on the civil courts, arguing that the state is instead giving an existing judicial body additional authority.
Knesset passes law expanding powers of Israel’s rabbinic courts to arbitrate civil matters
Rabbinical, Sharia courts to be allowed to arbitrate civil disputes, Knesset decides
'Status quo is dead’: Opposition slams passing law expanding rabbinical courts’ powers amid war
Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
Critics have warned of the bill's democratic implications, including those involving women's rights, which may deepen the rift between the haredi and secular communities.
Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system - opinion
System failures, from missing files to postponed hearings, in Israel’s rabbinical courts are delaying justice and trapping families in legal limbo.
Ending violence against women starts with refusing to look away - opinion
From Knesset debate to daily reality, how society enables the cycle of abuse and the practical steps to break it and build real accountability.
Knesset advances bill expanding rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
This bill could see a dramatic depositing of power in the hands of the Rabbinate on matters of Jewish identity, marriage, and aliyah.
The rabbinical courts: Sick system at the heart of society - opinion
The courts are staffed by judges who rule on momentous matters within a system that lacks proper training, transparency, and oversight.
Rabbinical Court approves Jewish divorce to a woman who was unable to remarry for over 20 years
The couple married in the United States in 1997 and had three children. In 2002, the woman filed for divorce in a US court, but her husband refused to participate in the proceedings.
Newly elected Rabbinical Court judges inaugurated at President’s Residence
Seven of the judges who will serve in the Rabbinical High Court were voted into office last Thursday, and the 21 regional judges were elected two weeks earlier.
Rabbinical Court denies woman's cremation request, orders Jewish burial
The court ruled that the woman was not competent to make decisions regarding her body or inheritance, invalidating the will and ordering that her remains be transported to Israel for burial.
Rabbinic court judge criticizes Judaism inquisitors - ITIM
More than 30,000 immigrants have had their Jewishness questioned by the rabbinical courts.
'He just hates women': Smotrich-backed chief rabbi nom. faces controversy over child support policy
Smotrich’s support for Halevi is in contrast to the committee he himself established with rabbis from the religious Zionist community.
