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
Grapevine: Retraining rabbis
A round-up of news from around Israel.
Rabbinical court statistics on ‘agunot’ being disputed
Women’s rights groups insist rabbis are manipulating data to claim that there are more wives refusing to accept a religious divorce than there are husbands refusing to grant one.
‘Imprisoned in marriage against her will’
The first is the “aguna from Safed,” a case which is unquestionably an anomaly in that a get (a Jewish writ of divorce) was awarded to a woman whose husband was incapacitated by a car accident.
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.