Chief Rabbinate

Jewish groups criticize proposed Israeli conversion bill

The bill would require the state to recognize only conversions completed under the auspices of the haredi Orthodox-dominated Chief Rabbinate.

More than half of Israelis support marriage outside of Chief Rabbinate, survey finds

The survey was conducted for an organization that promotes religious freedom in Israel.

Supreme Court ends Israeli woman’s marriage to comatose husband after decade-long divorce

The court blocked the Chief Rabbinate from reviewing the 2014 ruling of rabbis who determined the marriage may be dissolved years after the husband was injured in an accident.

Israel

Jerusalem rabbinical court dismisses husband’s violence as grounds for divorce

Israel

Citing intermarriage threat, Israeli rabbis ‘blacklist’ families deemed not Jewish

Israel

Israel’s chief rabbis embrace friendlier approach to marriage, but is it enough?

Culture

Israeli rabbis say Christmas trees not ‘kosher,’ raising questions of synagogue and state

Israel

Israel’s chief rabbis form panel to set standards for recognizing foreign converts

Israel

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate promises standards for conversion rabbis and to count Ivanka Trump as Jewish

Ideas

RCA must stand behind the conversions performed by its members

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