Chief rabbi

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

Under the law, official kashrut certificates may be issued by the Chief Rabbinate Council, authorized local rabbis, and, within the IDF, the Military Rabbinate.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?
Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef, December 28, 2025; illustrative.

Rights org. files complaint after Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yosef shames women for private mikveh use

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern

Former Jerusalem chief rabbi Aryeh Stern dies at 81

People walk past a projection depicting Israeli and US flags on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Oct. 22, 2025.

Rabbinic diplomacy between Israel and US explored in new exhibition


Sephardi chief rabbi warns of Israel civil war, calls for peace

The rabbi said that while he does not get involved in politics, he believes that all sides need to come to the table and hold dialogue with each other.

 Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends a rally against Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana conversion and kashrut reforms plan, at the International Convention Center, on February 1, 2022.

Frankfurt Chief Rabbi gives speech to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Rabbi Avichai Apel of Frankfurt gave a powerful speech to commemorate the 78th International Holocaust Remembrance Day at a commemoration on Tuesday.

 The gathering of the European Commission on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Chief Rabbi: Cultured meat is considered a vegetable but can't be consumed with dairy

Israel's Chief Rabbi David Lau has decided to allow those keeping kosher to eat cultured meat and claimed that it is like eating a vegetable.

Bacon cheeseburger

UK Chief Rabbi to receive knighthood from King Charles III

The Chief Rabbi is one of several Jews to receive a slot on the annual New Year's Honours List.

 King Charles III speaks to Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as he meets with faith leaders during a reception at Buckingham Palace, London. September 16, 2022.

What will be impact if Rabbinate picks IDF chief rabbi? - analysis

The issue could be making a mountain out of a molehill. Yet, it could also be a case of some of the political class trying to dress up a future major strike on the IDF’s independence.

 SEPHARDI CHIEF Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef delivers an address. ‘I feel that it’s important for me to remind Rabbi Yosef that Israel was established to bring Jews in the Diaspora close to her, not to ostracize them,’ says the writer.

Jewish people from all over the world are family, we are family - opinion

Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef called Conservative and Reform Judaism a "new religion," earlier this month.

 SEPHARDI CHIEF Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef delivers an address. ‘I feel that it’s important for me to remind Rabbi Yosef that Israel was established to bring Jews in the Diaspora close to her, not to ostracize them,’ says the writer.

Who will be Israel's next chief rabbis?

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Next summer, Israel’s chief rabbis, David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef, will end their 10-year terms.

 ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at an event in Jerusalem earlier this year. Who is lining up to replace them?

Lihi Lapid sues man who said she's Christian, cites Tel Aviv Rabbi ancestor

Lapid expressed outrage at rumors spread during the elections accusing her of being Christian.

 Israeli journalist and author Lihi Lapid speaks at an event at the Tel Aviv International Salon on August 12, 2013

Lapid gave Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks book to director generals of gov't ministries

Lapid met with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks numerous times before he passed away in 2020, referring to him as "his rabbi."

 THE FORMER Chief Rabbi of England, Lord Jonathan Sacks.

UK’s chief rabbi and the Abraham Accords - opinion

Rabbi Mirvis has demonstrated that the Abraham Accords have religious and social possibilities not initially apparent and has taken a global lead in a bid to exploit them.

 KING CHARLES III speaks to Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as he meets with faith leaders during a reception at Buckingham Palace, in September. Mirvis says many of his own meetings with religious leaders around the world happen only on condition of secrecy and even then are canceled at the last minute.