Articles in "Religion"

Israeli Rabbinical Courts Report Surge in Divorces, But Drop in Sanctioned Husbands

Israeli rabbinical courts reported a notable 6.5% increase in divorces among Jewish Israelis in 2024, compared to the previous year, ...

Israel Selects One Chief Rabbi But Remains Deadlocked on Second

Israel selected a Sephardi Chief Rabbis on Sunday night, ending a nearly three-month vacancy in the position, but failed to elect an ...

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate in Limbo as Leadership Term Extension Expires

Paralysis in Israel's Chief Rabbinate deepened as legislation temporarily extending the term of its Chief Rabbinic Council expired on ...

Rabbinate Instructs Israeli Soldiers Not to Fast on Tisha B’Av Mourning Day

The Israel Defense Forces Military Rabbinate instructed soldiers not to fast during the Tisha B'Av day of mourning if they are engaged in ...

As Political Deadlock Leaves Israel Without Chief Rabbis, High Court Sets September Deadline

Israel's High Court of Justice on Thursday ordered a committee responsible for choosing the country's Chief Rabbis to convene and fill ...

Israel’s Chief Rabbis Step Down Without Successors In Sight

A political struggle has left Israel without chief rabbis for the first time in the country's history. Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau ...

Israeli Chief Rabbis Tell Pilgrims Not to Visit Mount Meron on Lag B’Omer Holiday

Israel's two chief rabbis instructed worshipers not to travel to a holy site on Mount Meron during the upcoming holiday of Lag B'Omer ...

‘The People of Israel Need the Blessings Now More Than Ever’: Jews Flock to Western Wall

Neither war nor a heatwave prevented Jews from thronging to the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday for the traditional priestly ...

‘This is What Our Ancestors Did’: Israeli Army Reservist Bakes Matzah for Thousands of Soldiers

Ahead of this year's Passover holiday, which is being celebrated in wartime, an Israeli army reservist took on the task of baking matzah -- ...

Tel Aviv Gears Up for Dueling Prayer Services Amid Social Tensions

Social tensions in Tel Aviv are climbing as supporters and opponents of gender-segregated prayer are due to hold simultaneous dueling ...