Rabbinical court
Woman receives Jewish divorce after three-year struggle following financial pressure on husband
The couple had lived in Florida for over a decade, before separating in 2023. The husband refused to grant the woman, L., a get, demanding increasing financial compensation for it.
Shas-backed Zevadia Cohen elected Tel Aviv chief rabbi after High Court delays, political battle
Petition to High Court seeks to strike down new rabbinical courts arbitration law
Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis
The moral peril of Israel's 'Elkin law' - analysis
Why was it so critical for Elkin specifically to sit on the Selection Committee for Rabbinical Judges and not any other member of his party, the coalition, or the government?
New Hope says Likud forcing Hauser to leave hospital to vote
This is not the first time the Likud has refused to abstain from voting to force a coalition MK to show up straight from the hospital.
High Court bans Chief Rabbinate mandatory Jewish status investigations
Relatives of individuals put on marriage blacklists have been forced to undergo Jewish status investigations by the Chief Rabbinate, and their personal status data used without authorization.
Haredi MKs accuse coalition of advancing legislation for Elkin’s benefit
‘Why don’t they just write in the law that all the rabbinical judges will be appointed by Elkin?’ demands UTJ chairman MK Moshe Gafni.
In first, rabbinical court rules lawyers of get refusers can be sanctioned
Lawyers who hold up divorce proceedings as a bargaining tool can be sanctioned like the husbands, according to a new ruling on the matter.
‘Legislation on dayanim selection committee discriminates against men’
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.
Take politics out of Israel's religious courts - opinion
Part of the reason that Rabbinical Courts have fallen out of favor is that some of the judges are not in step with modern sensibilities.
Law to be advanced to allow Elkin to serve on rabbinical judges committee
Law will reduce ultra-Orthodox influence on the appointments committee for rabbinical judges, and preserve the guaranteed place of four women on the panel
16-year agunah freed from marriage after rabbinical court rulings
After suffering a debilitating stroke, a woman’s husband abandoned her and refused to give her a divorce, until legal pressure from the rabbinical courts and the High Court of Justice.
Rabbinical courts must improve waiting times says state comptroller
Several courts significantly exceeding targets for average waiting times for child support, child custody, Rabbinical Courts Administration digital services insufficient.
