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ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits
ITIM asked the High Court to bar men from using yeshiva study completed without regularized military status to qualify for Rabbinate certification.
Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification
Tzohar asks High Court to reject state's bid to void kashrut license
High Court sets Tuesday deadline in Tzohar kashrut-license dispute
Chief Rabbi Lau visits shiva of alleged rapist Chaim Walder
Lau was photographed in a tent that was set up outside the Walder home for the shiva.
The rabbinate must be reformed to be more welcoming - editorial
The rabbinate has become a restricted club of only one sector of Israeli society, and attempts to diversify it are met with strong opposition.
Religious Services Minister plans law to exempt rabbis from political comments restrictions
Minister Matan Kahana's comments were criticized since municipal chief rabbis are in effect never subject to disciplinary procedures despite gross violations of the regulations.
Religious Services Min. proposes new body to run women's halacha exams
Organizations advocating for state-recognized halacha qualifications for women insist that ministry immediately open examinations.
Kashrut ‘revolution’ legislation passes into law
The legislation abolishes the monopoly of the Chief Rabbinate over kashrut supervision.
Kashrut reform can free Israel from rabbinate's grip - editorial
“We are breaking the monopoly of the rabbinate,” committee chairwoman MK Yulia Malinovsky said. “What pains them is that they are losing the power to decide for all of us.”
Majority of religious-Zionists oppose gov't kashrut reforms - poll
The Knesset committee has begun its deliberations on government kashrut reforms.
Reforms must keep our food kosher - opinion
The issue of kashrut certification has been the center of heated debate for the last several months, with all sorts of accusations and claims of bullying and blackmail.
Religion is not a political tool - editorial
It is time to stop the politicization of our religion.
Women's ritual baths closed by Jerusalem chief rabbi due to 'promiscuity'
Closing women’s mikvahs due to promiscuity and not men’s was a form of illegal gender-based discrimination and violated laws regarding freedom of religion.
