Tagged Chief Rabbinate

Chief Rabbis

For the first time ever, Israel has no chief rabbis

Alina Plahti

Burial of non-Jewish victim of Hamas massacre sparks controversy

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Jewish burial can be denied to compel husbands to grant divorces, says Israeli Rabbinate

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Israeli court: Online civil marriages are valid

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

Moscow’s chief rabbi officially ousted; had refused to support Russian invasion

Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

Moscow chief rabbi flees Russia, in exile because he opposed invasion

‘A rift in the Jewish people?’ Israeli gov’t advances controversial bill

Israeli pita

First phase of Israel’s Kosher reform comes into effect

Rabbi David Lau

Chief Rabbi freezes all pending conversions in spat over reforms to system

Matan Kahana

‘Devastation of tradition’? Israel’s new plan for conversions revealed

Chuppa

Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers blast minister’s proposal for civil marriages

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Is Israel headed for ‘kashrut revolution’ or massive food fight?

Chief Justice Esther Hayut

Israeli chief rabbis blast Supreme Court decision to recognize non-Orthodox conversions, a ‘falsification of Judaism’

IDF Chief Rabbi, Eyal Karim, at a memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, March 5, 2017. (Flash90/Photo by Noam Revkin)

Military rabbinate ‘folding’ to Reform Judaism, report says

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Women Torah scholars can take Jewish law exams, Supreme Court finds

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Chief rabbi calls on government to reopen synagogues

chief rabbis selling chametz passover

Israel’s chief rabbis sell nation’s bread to Arab businessman in traditional ceremony

Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem on November 27, 2019, celebrating their community's connection and commitment to Israel.

Ethiopian Jewish community officially recognized by chief rabbinate council

Ivanka Trump prays at the Western Wall, Jerusalem..v4

Ivanka’s conversion kosher in Israel, rabbinate’s list confirms

The rabbinic court in Jerusalem

In precedent-making divorce case, rabbinical court frees woman after 21 years