Rabbinical court
A great light extinguished: Rabbi Prof. Shlomo Slonim, scholar of two worlds – opinion
Former deputy president of the Supreme Court Elyakim Rubinstein laments the passing of a great scholar and friend.
Safed Rabbinical Court may close this fall despite strong local demand
The rabbinate as an extra-territorial entity - opinion
Once, Jews defended themselves to survive. Now this reflects defeat - opinion
New to Israel? Rabbis here aren't the same as they are elsewhere - opinion
Many immigrants assume that the rabbinic model they knew in their country of origin applies in Israel. This is not the case.
Protesters gather outside Tel Aviv's Rabbinical Court on 'Day of Resistance'
A protester sprayed an inscription on the wall of the Rabbinical Court, writing "shame." Police detained her for questioning, on suspicion of vandalizing real estate.
In Israel, a crumb of bread is valued more than a woman's life - opinion
They simply do not view the people they judge as equal before the law, in fact, the opposite: they actively discriminate against women and frequently the non-religious.
Haredi woman from NY released from marriage to Lebanese Muslim husband
The woman discovered that her husband was Muslim and not Orthodox-Jewish only after she married him.
Gender discrimination in child support: Who decides, Supreme Court or Rabbinical Court?
Back in 2015, I wrote a paper arguing that Jewish Law is not discriminatory as the courts claim, at least from when the children are 6 years old.
‘Prove you’re a Jew!’ A cautionary tale for all immigrants in Israel
It is important for other Anglos to know about this story. It appears that neither age nor decades as an Israeli citizen ensure that an individual can avoid this irrational situation.
Rabbinic court approves publishing name of American-Israeli get refuser
The Rabbinic court allowed to publish the name of the husband who refuses to give his wife a divorce according to Jewish Law in order to pressure him.
Who is a Jew? 70% of Jewish Israelis say patrilineal descent doesn't count
The poll is the IDI's biennial statistical report and serves as an in-depth look at the balance between religion and state that is so central to Israel and Israeli society.
Change Jewish marriage methods to free agunot - opinion
Management of iggun assumes that agunah is a necessary, inevitable, unending fact of life. But iggun is not a law of math or terrestrial physics. It is literally, man-made and can and must be unmade.
Settlers alarmed as Ariel Rabbinical Court reduces operating hours
The court provides services on family law, property disputes, wills, inheritance and more to tens of thousands of settlers.
