In a first, Israeli women take test for kosher supervisor
Chief Rabbi David Lau’s ruling paves way for approval by religious authorities
View ArticlePopular Israeli rabbi derides pope
Amnon Yitzhak pans ‘impure’ chief rabbis for ‘sinful’ meeting with the ‘idol’ Francis
View ArticleIsraeli sports official slammed for racist slur
‘Kushim’ helped Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball final, National Council for Sport chair says
View ArticleLawmakers clash over euthanasia bill
Legislation would allow doctors to facilitate assisted suicide for terminal patients without criminal repercussions
View ArticleOver 30,000 pray for kidnapped teens at Western Wall
Prayer session also held in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square; ‘We will never be broken,’ chief rabbi says
View ArticleAfter 14 years, Israeli woman wins religious divorce
Chief rabbi intervenes in case after husband, who had a homosexual relationship, refused wife a ‘get’ even after he was jailed
View ArticleChief Rabbi, Muslim leader in joint call to end violence
David Lau and founder of Islamic Movement Sheikh Abdullah Nimar Darwish want to hold march to promote peace
View ArticleConverts won’t be recognized if new bill passes, chief rabbis warn
In meeting with PM, rabbis dig in against Knesset bill meant to expand access to rabbinate conversion process
View ArticleCabinet approves compromise on state conversions
Government decision expands the number of conversion courts; measure slammed by ultra-Orthodox
View ArticleWounded rabbi says terrorist called him ‘enemy of al-Aqsa’
Yehudah Glick describes October 29 attack in meeting with chief rabbi, jokes that he wasn’t shot ‘for being a redhead’
View ArticleIsrael’s chief rabbi schools Californian Jewish students
David Lau fields questions on terrorism, ultra-Orthodox in the IDF and Israel’s fragmented society
View ArticlePM sells Israel’s leavened bread
Muslim Israeli Arab temporarily buys the whole country’s hametz for NIS 20,000
View ArticleChief rabbi calls for rabbinical input on all legislation
David Lau says Chief Rabbinate should be consulted to give ‘religious and traditional Jewish view’
View ArticleChief Rabbi: No intent to fire Efrat rabbi Shlomo Riskin
David Lau denies Rabbinate seeks to dismiss liberal leader, says the issue has been ‘blown out of proportion’
View ArticleChief Rabbinate extends Efrat chief rabbi’s term
Council notes that it disagrees with many of Shlomo Riskin’s opinions on Jewish law but refrains from requiring his retirement
View ArticleIsraeli chief rabbi: Private conversion court will ‘fight Torah’
David Lau lashes out at prominent Orthodox rabbis behind new court, says rabbinate under ‘severe attack’
View ArticleRabbinate: Boycott ‘dangerous’ pro-Israel Christian event
Chief rabbis say annual conference organized by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem undermines Jewish faith
View ArticleChristian group blasts rabbinate’s call to boycott its pro-Israel meet
Chief rabbis say annual conference organized by International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is ‘spiritually dangerous’ to Jews
View ArticleIsrael’s chief rabbi slams Bennett for US Conservative school visit
‘To recognize a path that distances Jews from the path of the Jewish people, this is forbidden,’ David Lau rails
View ArticleChief rabbi visited non-Orthodox US school in October
David Lau criticized Bennett for going to Conservative school, but went to one himself during trip to Washington, DC
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