Chief rabbi

Chief Rabbi Lau said that religiously traditional Israelis and foreign visitors will not be able to understand the differences between competing kashrut authorities.

Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar has described homosexuals as “a cult of abomination” and said non-Orthodox Jews were worse than Holocaust deniers.

Change system and criteria for choosing next chief rabbis long before the next vote in 2023

Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana intends to create a time-limited service period for municipal chief rabbis, after which they can be reelected, to ensure they stay accountable and relevant.

Everyone should learn Torah, plenty of it, but it’s rather hard to learn Torah without the aid of the skills imparted by what is called the core curriculum.

Legislation proposed by the government to change how women are selected to serve on the Selection Committee for Rabbinical Judges would mean that no more men could be appointed now.

The chief rabbi spoke proudly of not finishing school or having a high school diploma, and said learning Torah was far more important.

Amanda Elk was a covert Christian missionary and is buried in a Jewish cemetery. Her husband is refusing to rebury her in a non-Jewish cemetery.

New religious services minister has set a goal of decentralizing conversion, reforming kashrut supervision and changing the electoral body for chief rabbis to ensure religious-Zionist rabbi is elected.

Two other rabbis ran for the title gathering only 64 votes in total.