Articles in "chief rabbinate"
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 ...
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 ...
Druze Restaurant Goes Kosher to Unite With Soldiers
The aroma of spices and the sound rattling of pans filled the kitchen of the Noor restaurant. The restaurant, nestled in the Galilee Druze ...
Chief Rabbinate Elections Delayed Amid Power Struggle
The Knesset voted overnight Monday to postpone the elections for the country's Chief Rabbinate, extending the tenure of the serving rabbis ...
In Historic First, Leaders of Monotheistic Religions Sign Document Against Mercy Killings
Representatives of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate on Monday attended a historic meeting at Vatican City with leaders of the major monotheistic ...
Diaspora Rabbi: Israeli Chief Rabbinate ‘Desecrates God’s Name’
The leader of the world's largest Orthodox synagogue, slammed Israel’s state-funded religious apparatus Tuesday, saying the chief ...
High Court: No Rabbinate Monopoly on Kosher Certification
The High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday against the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly on kashrut licensing. Previously, Israeli law only ...
Chief Rabbi Had ‘No Knowledge’ of ‘Blacklist’ of 160 Diaspora Rabbis
A spokesman for Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau said Monday that the chief rabbi was “stunned” at the existence of a blacklist of 160 ...
