Rabbinical court

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.

THE CHIEF RABBINATE’S Supreme Court for Appeals in Jerusalem: Israelis deserve a religious court system that honors both Halacha and human dignity, the writer asserts.
Red shoes are displayed to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Be brave – in the small, everyday ways, the writer urges.

Ending violence against women starts with refusing to look away - opinion

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

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef attend a ceremony inaugurating new judges in the rabbinical courts at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in June.

The rabbinical courts: Sick system at the heart of society - opinion


Court bars chief rabbi from appointing judges - report

The decision was motivated by Lau's recent move to promote his brother-in-law to a senior post in the Jerusalem Regional Court.

 ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau.

Aguna Day: 274 sanctions issued against get refusers in 2021

The courts arranged a divorce from 134 husbands in the former USSR, Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia, in 2021.

 THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem: All possible leniencies should be employed to help in releasing an ‘aguna.’

Agunah Day – We must share their stories

"By surrounding the agunot with other women, we can provide them with a feeling of strength and hope."

 A PHOTO which expresses the pain, fear and frustration of the plight of agunot is part of a photography exhibit of Yad La’isha.

Haredi get refuser to be denied housing, rabbinical court rules

The Jerusalem Rabbinical Court ruled a man who denied his wife a get since 2018 should be denied housing in an unprecedented court ruling.

THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem.

Chaim Walder dead in suspected suicide following rape allegations

"If this [affair] is publicized I will shoot myself," Walder had said, in a recording given to the rabbinical court of Safed.

 Chaim Walder

Rabbinical court appoints Devorah Eifferman in senior role

The Civil Service Commission set a goal for the rabbinical courts to have 50% of senior roles filled by women.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

Rabbinical Courts gain authority to sanction foreign divorce refusers

In Israel, divorce refusers can have their driving licenses and passports revoked, restrictions placed on their bank account and even imprisonment.

The Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem.

Shuli Rand's marriage of additional wife highlights inequality - women's orgs

"Women refused a get (Jewish divorce document) don't have a magical permit that allows for a second marriage if the husband refuses to let go."

SHULI RAND: It is my life story

Rabbinical courts: Only 427 open cases of extended divorce proceedings

Women’s rights groups dispute low number of divorce-refusal cases presented by rabbinical courts, in Knesset committee hearing Tuesday.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

Window open for moderate rabbinical court appointments, but no guarantees

There are currently six positions open on the 12 regional courts, as well as three or possibly four on the Supreme Rabbinical Court.

The Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem.