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Manasseh’s children come home to Zion - and fulfill a 2,700-year promise - opinion
The aliyah of hundreds of members of the Bnei Menashe community from northeastern India, completes a long and meandering journey that began nearly 2,700 years ago.
Lost in translation, found in love: Ariana Phillips’s path to marriage in Israel
Rabbinate accused of defying court as Israeli women left waiting for exams
Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier
High Court demands Rabbinate explain Jewish-status investigations
The Chief Rabbinate has initiated investigations into maternal relatives of citizens without them ever having approached it or the rabbinical courts.
Is this the end of the Chief Rabbinate in Israel?
They have no place in Judaism at all, certainly in the 21st century.
Get refuser grants divorce after being arrested at coronavirus checkpoint
"The get has become a halachically endorsed tool that can be abused to extort, control and threaten a spouse," said Director of Yad La'isha.
Court rules Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu must have disciplinary trial
Apparently racist and political comments made by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu are not permitted for public official, and Chief Rabbinate must hold disciplinary trial for him.
Israel is the Jewish state, but Judaism does not belong to anyone
We all should be able to choose our Judaism, to live according to its basic values, and not according to halachic definitions of Orthodox Judaism.
Opening up kashrut certification is a step in the right direction
Wrenching complete kashrut control out of the hands of a body with a vested economic interest in retaining it is not going to be easy, but the first steps are to be welcomed.
High Court gives rabbinate 90 days for solution to women’s Halacha exams
The interim ruling comes following a petition by three NGOs to the court, which argued that women are discriminated against by the state since they cannot obtain the same qualifications as men.
It's time for Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to step up or step down
The government needs to present Yosef with a choice – either help or get out of the way.
The battle of forcing religious reform upon the government
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Religion and state reforms are not on the coalition’s agenda, but the High Court may bring them front and center once again.
Chief Rabbinate declines to revoke accreditation for disgraced rabbi Elon
Elon, who was convicted in 2013 of two counts of indecent assault by force against a minor, has instead committed not to seek appointment to a state-paid position until the age of legal retirement.