Chief rabbinate
Israeli Chief Rabbi calls former Soviet immigrants ‘religion-hating gentiles’
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef accused the state of deliberately inviting Soviet immigrants to Israel to weaken the political power of the haredi Orthodox.
Jerusalem Chief Rabbi: Homosexuality Is ‘A Wild Lust That Needs To Be Overcome’
“It would be better if they cast off their kippah and Shabbat [observance] and show their true faces,” Rabbi Shlomo Amar said.
Israeli Rabbis Are Using DNA Testing To Police Civil Rights. This Shouldn’t Shock You.
Adopting science in order to define who is a Jew and who is not is part and parcel of a rightward turn Israel has fostered under Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jews Worldwide Must Resist The Power Grab Of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate is seizing power over the world’s Jewish population, and the move could have dire consequences.
Why Were There No Women On The Chief Rabbinate’s ‘Blacklist’?
It may be because the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate of Israel doesn’t want to acknowledge that women can be rabbis at all.
American Orthodox Rabbis Don’t Trust Women By Themselves In Mikvehs. Why?
There is no basis in Jewish law for requiring an attendant at a ritual bath, but rabbis demand one anyway, raising privacy and spiritual concerns.
I Was Blacklisted By Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
The designation is a badge of honor — but it’s also a cause of sadness, as the rabbinate will only cause Diaspora Jews to turn their backs on Israel.
The Rabbinate’s Diaspora Blacklist Doesn’t Defend Judaism — It Undermines It
Over the weekend, reports emerged of a “blacklist of rabbis” maintained by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate.
Here Is The Chief Rabbinate’s ‘Blacklist’ Of 160 American Rabbis
The list of rabbis whom the Rabbinate doesn’t trust to confirm Jewish identities of immigrants includes Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox leaders.
A Single Mother Takes On the Chief Rabbinate
As Israel’s cabinet rolls back years of advances in conversion reform, a court petition of one convert could be a landmark case that determines who is authorized to perform Orthodox conversions in Israel.