Tag: Chief Rabbinate of Israel
Knesset Committee Debates Troubled Conversion Policy, Banning of Venice Chief Rabbi
Venice Chief Rabbi Rabbi Bahbout disregarded the status quo and declared that he would convert people from all over Italy in his court, including those who had been rejected in the courts in Milan and Rome.
Chief Rabbinate Condemns Supreme Court for ‘Severely Harming Shabbat’
"The fact that the judges' decision was based on their way of life expresses more than anything else that this is not a matter for trial, but a matter of their worldview."
Tzohar Senior Rabbi Denounces Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu over ‘Libel’
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu accused a private kashrut organization of ignoring the sale of meat slaughtered in an Arab village to Jerusalem restaurants under their supervision.
Chief Rabbi: ‘An Arab who Came to Kill Jews Must Not Come Out Alive’
The Chief Rabbi was very critical of the fact that the terrorist attacker had not been eliminated at the scene of the crime.
Israel’s Chief Rabbi Apologizes to NBN’s Rabbi Yehoshua Fass
Rabbi Fass expressed his hope that the matter will be resolved, and that a healing process will begin to develop between the Chief Rabbinate and Rabbinic leaders across the world.
Aryeh Deri Slams Conviction of Shas-Linked Rabbi Avraham Yosef
Rabbi Avraham Yosef was convicted of violating the public trust for allegedly using his position as chief rabbi of Holon to further the interests of a family-run kosher certification organization.
Sorry, Ivanka, Israel’s High Rabbinical Court Doesn’t Recognize Your Conversion
"I feel humiliated, they were actually saying they're not recognizing my being Jewish. I love Rabbi Lookstein, he is my rabbi, he brought me into the Jewish world."
Selling the Chometz
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (R), Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (2L), and Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon sell the Chametz (food...
Rabbinate Court Forces Woman Who Did Not Have Orthodox Wedding to Have Orthodox Divorce...
It is not clear if the Rabbinate has thought through the consequences of their decision...
An Attack On Torah And Tradition
AJC, the Federations and others seek to undermine the Chief Rabbinate in Israel.
RCA: We Don’t Proactively Seek to Reevaluate Past Conversions
The Rabbinical Council of America denied a prominent rabbi’s accusation that it is actively negating past conversions.
The Orthodox rabbinic organization issued a statement Friday...