Israeli rabbinate
ITIM demands equal conditions for women in upcoming Chief Rabbinate exams
After women faced severe delays during historic first exams, ITIM threatens legal action against the Chief Rabbinate to ensure equal venues and testing conditions for upcoming certification tests.
ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits
Chief Rabbinate Council disputes Tzohar kashrut approval hours after authorization
Rabbinate accused of defying court as Israeli women left waiting for exams
It's time for Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to step up or step down
The government needs to present Yosef with a choice – either help or get out of the way.
New Rabbinate regulations to ease immigrant Jewish status verification
Publication of new regulations the result of more than half-a-decade of work to standardize Chief Rabbinate policy
Amb. Dermer forms group of rabbis to bypass established organizations
"The convening rabbis will conduct a dialogue and cooperate with the Jews of Israel on issues pertaining to the entire Jewish people.
Is the Chief Rabbinate becoming obsolete?
What happens when Israelis wish to act outside the confines of Jewish law, or according to an interpretation that differs from that of the conservative Chief Rabbinate?
Israelis marry less through rabbinate, cohabit more -survey
Some 88,000 couples live together without being married, including 83,000 couples where at least one partner is formally recognized as being Jewish.
Rabbinate says convicted sex offender Moti Elon may be barred
Rabbi Moti Elon was convicted by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2013 of two counts of indecent assault by force against a minor.
Father of divorce refuser fined 5,000 shekels a day
The Tel Aviv rabbinical court ruled nearly five years ago that the man was obligated to grant a divorce, but he ignored the ruling.
575 rabbis call on Israel to implement full equality for LGBTs
“The enshrining of discrimination into law, and harmful words spoken by religious leaders, sow the seeds of hatred and brutality in the land."
Ghosts of Soviet Jewry are strengthening Israel's Jewish future
Ghosts of the Jewish past in the former Soviet Union are helping ensure the integrity of the Jewish people in Israel.
J’lem chief rabbi asks mayor to remove pride flags
Rabbi Aryeh Stern describes gay pride flags as symbolizing “the opposite” of holiness, and says he is “saddened” that the parade is taking place at all.