Supreme Rabbinical Court

Former chief rabbi among three probed for bribery, extortion in rabbinical courts

During the investigation, Lahav 433 learned that the three officials used their positions within the rabbinical court system to blackmail a fourth official into advancing their personal interests. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Headquarters of Lahav 433 – The National Crime Unit in Lod, pictured August 6, 2025.
US President Donald Trump addressing the Knesset in Israel, following the release of the last 20 living hostages from Gaza, October 13, 2025.

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. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

Divorce refusal will only be solved if everyone does their part - opinion

The bill dictates “divorce refusal” as the situation in which a court has issued a ruling requiring the husband to give a divorce that the husband subsequently ignores. 

|ByALI ZAK
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High Court snuffs out hope for tech-savvy haredim - opinion

It is true that joining the kosher tier is voluntary, and no one forces the ultra-Orthodox to be ultra-Orthodox. But this is essentially a "no-choice" game.

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN

Agunah not consulted in failed attempt to obtain divorce by burial delay

No formal case was opened by Chief Rabbi Lau or Supreme Rabbinical Court judge Rabbi Aharon Katz through which to conduct an agreement with the divorce refuser’s family members.

AUGUST 23, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
Talit (illustrative)

Man refusing religious divorce for his wife cries ‘fake news’

Kin says in the video that neither Lau nor anyone from the chief rabbinate contacted him nor did he or his family place a deposit to insure the get.

AUGUST 23, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Wedding ring (illustrative)