Tzohar

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

Under the law, official kashrut certificates may be issued by the Chief Rabbinate Council, authorized local rabbis, and, within the IDF, the Military Rabbinate.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?
 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

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

Tzohar's kashrut license was improperly granted, but Rabbinate must act, state tells High Court

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

High Court sets Tuesday deadline in Tzohar kashrut-license dispute


Tzohar might not be able to issue kosher certificates

Tzohar currently has almost 100 restaurants and other establishments which have signed up to its kashrut supervision.

The national-religious rabbinical association Tzohar 370

Tzohar and Ohr Torah Stone holding 400 Purim readings around country

"The lack of opportunities for young women to be involved in religious services has become a big educational problem for girls."

A packed house for the Purim megila reading in 2016 at the Tel Aviv International Synagogue

Caucus calls for privatization of religious services

The new caucus is designed to keep such issues in the public eye, despite the conservative inclinations of coalition parties United Torah Judaism, Shas and Bayit Yehudi.

Yesh Atid MK Aliza Lavie

The latest manifestation of the debate regarding state-religion relationship in Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Tzohar call on Ethiopian community to register for marriage with organization

Ethiopian Israelis have frequently complained that certain local rabbinates refuse to register them for marriage owing to the refusal of some chief municipal rabbis to accept them as Jewish.

Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel mark the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem November 20, 2014

Tel Aviv synagogue vandalized in politically motivated graffiti

Outer wall of the synagogue was spray painted with the comment "In a place where a Jewish state bill bill will be legislated books will be burned," and a pile of burnt books left at the site.

Burned books and graffiti at Tel Aviv synagogue

Public Security Minister Aharonovich: Israel could have finished off Hamas

Yisrael Beytenu minister says he is not optimistic about the cease-fire lasting.

Yitzhak Aharonovitch

November 19: Iran talks

It seems to me that the latest negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran are to provide employment for underworked civil servants.

Letters 370

A chief rabbi for the good of all Israelis

Commentary on last month’s election for Israel’s chief rabbis portrayed an overly simplified contest between two religious camps.

Rabbi David Lau 370

Tzohar bill delayed by government agreement with haredim over budget

Dep. Min Ben-Dahan: deal was done without our knowledge, bill will be passed in first few days of new Knesset session.

Couple holding a wedding rings 370