Rabbinical court

Safed Rabbinical Court may close this fall despite strong local demand

Several rabbis wrote a letter to the chief rabbi opposing the decision, and the Rabbinical Courts Administration said it is doing everything "in its power" to stop the closure, the report said.

 Buildings in old city, Safed, Northern District, Israel.
REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

The rabbinate as an extra-territorial entity - opinion

A medieval court of law.

Once, Jews defended themselves to survive. Now this reflects defeat - opinion

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

Woman receives Jewish divorce after three-year struggle following financial pressure on husband


Israel High Court: Women can be Rabbinical Court administrator

Will we soon see a woman in the highest administrative position in the Rabbinical Courts system?

THE RABBINICAL court in Tel Aviv

Divorce sous pression

Jusqu’où peut-on aller pour convaincre un mari récalcitrant de donner le guett ?

Le tribunal rabbinique de Tel-Aviv

Rabbinical court calls for investigation of father of man dodging divorce

A haredi husband has been reluctant to grant his wife a divorce, and the courts believe his father is financially supporting his recalcitrance.

File photo: Divorce.

Rabbinical court infringes on US civil jurisdiction in 8-year agunah case

The Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem has tried to broker a financial settlement between an estranged husband and wife to secure her a bill of divorce, despite legal proceedings in US civil courts.

File photo: Divorce.

Women’s groups question divorce statistics released by rabbinical courts

Issues surround sanctions against recalcitrant husbands.

The Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv

Divorce rates continue slow rise, say Rabbinical Courts statistics

The statistics indicate a general trend of a small, but steady increase in divorce rates since 2012.

Wedding

JPost Editorial: Crime and no punishment

The mother’s anguish was not only directed at religious hypocrisy.

Moti Elon

In Israeli first, divorce refuser to face criminal prosecution

Husband in question has refused to give a divorce for 17 years and has sat in jail for most of that time.

Tzviya Gordetski.

Learn from Islam

Perhaps one day a woman will be appointed not just to an administrative position, but rather to serve as a full-fledged rabbinical judge.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks next to Palestinian women in Jerusalem's Old City

Ministry to appoint woman to be deputy director of rabbinical courts

MAVOI SATUM director Batya Kahana-Dror (above) sees the appointment of a women as deputy director of the rabbinical courts as merely the first step.

Batya Kahana-Dror