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


Window open for moderate rabbinical court appointments, but no guarantees

There are currently six positions open on the 12 regional courts, as well as three or possibly four on the Supreme Rabbinical Court.

The Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem.

Enlarging Rabbinical Judges Selection Committee boosts standing - opinion

Increasing the number of voices on such an august panel to choose the next rabbinical judges will bolster the standing of the Rabbinical Courts, which should be important to us all.

THE SWEARING-IN of new judges in the Rabbinical Courts, held at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2016.

Israel must change how Rabbinical Court judges are appointed - opinion

Appointments to the court must be carried out in a transparent manner, awarding the position to those who do not fear plumbing the depths of Jewish law.

THE SWEARING in of Rabbinical Court judges at the President’s Residence in 2016.

The moral peril of Israel's 'Elkin law' - analysis

Why was it so critical for Elkin specifically to sit on the Selection Committee for Rabbinical Judges and not any other member of his party, the coalition, or the government?

Ze'ev Elkin is seen speaking at the Environmental Protection Ministry in Jerusalem, on May 18, 2020.

New Hope says Likud forcing Hauser to leave hospital to vote

This is not the first time the Likud has refused to abstain from voting to force a coalition MK to show up straight from the hospital.

MK Zvi Hauser during a vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020.

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

Haredi MKs accuse coalition of advancing legislation for Elkin’s benefit

‘Why don’t they just write in the law that all the rabbinical judges will be appointed by Elkin?’ demands UTJ chairman MK Moshe Gafni.

Construction and Housing Minister Ze'ev Elkin arrives to the President's Residence in Jerusalem, for a group photo of the newly sworn in Israeli government, June 14, 2021.

In first, rabbinical court rules lawyers of get refusers can be sanctioned

Lawyers who hold up divorce proceedings as a bargaining tool can be sanctioned like the husbands, according to a new ruling on the matter.

View from the halls of the Rabbinical Court's Division for Agunot (literally, chained women),  Jerusalem

‘Legislation on dayanim selection committee discriminates against men’

Legislation proposed by the government to change how women are selected to serve on the Selection Committee for Rabbinical Judges would mean that no more men could be appointed now.

New Knesset member Avi Maoz seen at the Knesset , ahead of the opening Knesset session of the new government, on April 05, 2021.

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.