Rabbinical court
Shas-backed Zevadia Cohen elected Tel Aviv chief rabbi after High Court delays, political battle
The position has been vacant for nearly nine years, since former chief rabbi Israel Meir Lau left office in 2017, but the race is not only about filling an empty seat.
Petition to High Court seeks to strike down new rabbinical courts arbitration law
Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis
Knesset passes law expanding powers of Israel’s rabbinic courts to arbitrate civil matters
First woman ever appointed as legal advisor to rabbinical courts
Attorney Shira Ben-Eli was the woman selected, and it appears that she will work in a central office as an advisor for all the rabbinical courts.
Private court annuls marriage of long-term ‘agunah’
In cases where a man refuses to grant a divorce for an extended period of time, voiding the marriage on the basis of an invalid witness is an effective tool in freeing the agunah, or chained woman.
Law for rabbinical courts to hear non-Israeli divorce cases approved
The law is seen as controversial since it expands the jurisdiction of the state rabbinical courts to non-citizens on the highly charged issue of divorce refusal.
Groundbreaking ruling in rabbinical court frees 23-year 'chained woman'
Annulment of Zvia Gordestski’s marriage could and should pave the way for private rabbinical courts for divorce, says Center for Women’s Justice.
Rabbinical court judges to get female legal advisers
This is the highest position ever achieved by a woman in Israel’s rabbinical courts.
Walking the desert... to help unchain women
"Chained women" and allies from across Israel gather for a hike for support and sisterhood.
Would-be converts must marry or leave partners, Knesset committee told
The practice has been called "coercive and unfair."
Haredi MKs advance legislation to expand rabbinical courts' jurisdiction
Gafni argues that the bill is a matter of multiculturalism and designed to allow religious Jews the right to chose their legal forum.
Rabbinical racket
There are quite a few municipal rabbis who do little in return for the monthly salary they receive from the state coffers.
A second woman receives divorce after not telling police about abuse
Conditions of divorce were ‘totally illegal,’ says legal scholar.
