Chief rabbinate of israel

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.

The Supreme Court convenes to maintain the freeze on the law limiting enforcement against haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft dodgers, July 28, 2026.
KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

 A WOMAN walks past a Jerusalem eatery with a Tzohar kashrut certificate.

Tzohar asks High Court to reject state's bid to void kashrut license

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

High Court sets Tuesday deadline in Tzohar kashrut-license dispute


Public supports gov't religious reforms, liberalization - survey

On issues surrounding kashrut, conversion, and ultra-Orthodox education, the majority of the Jewish public support liberalization of the former and a tougher stance on the latter.

Kashrut certificate in Jerusalem, July 21, 2021.

Matan Kahana's holy war against the religious establishment

A showdown over kashrut regulation signals a historic counterattack in the conflict between ultra-Orthodoxy and modern Orthodoxy.

 Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana is a former IAF fighter pilot.

Rabbinical rebellion as dozens of rabbis vow not to recognize conversions

Chief Rabbis, Council of Chief Rabbinate, senior conservative religious-Zionist rabbis denounce govt proposals, vow to oppose them.

Chief rabbis gathered to discuss reforms to the conversion and kashrut system

Bennett can liberate Israel from haredi chains on religion - opinion

After 73 years of statehood, Israel still does not provide full rights to all of its citizens. Over 300,000 citizens live here but can't get married.

 ARTEM DOLGOPYAT soars through the air in Tokyo to an historic gold medal for Israel.

Letting Dolgopyat marry leads to the end of the Jewish identity - opinion

As MK Arye Deri (Shas) said: ”Winning a medal, doesn’t make him Jewish.”

 ARTEM DOLGOPYAT, who won gold in men’s Gymnastics at Tokyo’s Olympics Games, poses with his coach Sergei Vaisburg, as he is welcomed upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

Time to root out Rabbinate, Hamas racketeering against Israel - opinion

From the Chief Rabbinate to Hamas, and from the Negev to the Temple Mount, it is time to break the syndicates that undermine Israeli sovereignty and governance.

 THE SITE where 5 vehicles were burned last month at the Vered Hagalil Holiday Village lot near Korazim, next to the Sea of Galilee. Police suspect this was a deliberate arson by criminals who extort protection fees from businesses in the North.

Israel won't let Olympic gold medalist Dolgopyat marry

Artem Dolgopyat, Israeli Olympic gold medalist, is not Jewish according to Jewish law and would therefore not be allowed to legally marry in Israel.

 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Men's Floor Exercise - Final - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - August 1, 2021.

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.

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Two rabbis oppose the prenup that prevents women from becoming agunot

the two rabbis attacking prenuptial agreements this week are part of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

THE RABBINICAL COURT's division for Agunot in Jerusalem in 2017

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.

THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem.