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.
Rights org. files complaint after Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yosef shames women for private mikveh use
Former Jerusalem chief rabbi Aryeh Stern dies at 81
Rabbinic diplomacy between Israel and US explored in new exhibition
Moscow's chief rabbi of 29 years loses post amid exile from Russia
“I am leaving a community in distress. But from the outside, I will do my utmost to help my beloved community,” Pinchas Goldschmidt said.
Sephardi chief rabbi on Ben-Gvir: Stay away from him
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef spoke out against MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's visits to the Temple Mount, claiming that he desecrates God's name by going there.
Turkey's chief rabbi to Israelis: Keep visiting despite security risk
In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) Ishak Haleva said Israelis should feel at home in Turkey, contradicting repeated warnings by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
UK chief rabbi: Prayer services don’t need to last for three hours
UK chief rabbi outlines the way synagogues need to function in a post-COVID world.
Israeli chief rabbis: Don’t overrule Moscow’s chief rabbi
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt is currently in Israel but is overseeing his community from afar. Israel's chief rabbis wrote to Russian Jewish authorities to keep it that way.
UK chief rabbi wrote unique prayer for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
In February, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
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.
Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine chief rabbi to Russian rabbis: Stop the war
"All those who are indifferent, who agree in silence or not in silence, are partners in crime, in a war crime! A crime against humanity!"
Shoham chief rabbi starts approving kosher supervisions outside his city
Rabbi David Stav, who is both the chief rabbi of Shoham and the chair of Tzohar has begun acting in that role, becoming the first municipal rabbi to publicly do so in the context of the new reforms.
The kosher conundrum: Who should have oversight?
On the observance of our kashrut laws there should never be a compromise, but who has oversight is up for debate.
