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Rosh Yehudi's lawyer, Harel Arnon (right), with petitioner Irit Linur at a hearing in Tel Aviv District Court on Sept. 4, 2024. Photo by Canaan Lidor.

Judge seeks rabbis’ input on separated prayer in Tel Aviv

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For the second time this month, the Tel Aviv District Court postponed ruling on a petition asking it to order the municipality to allow sex-separated prayers on Yom Kippur on public grounds. In the hearing...

Arab Israeli buys state’s chametz for $150 billion

At the instruction of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the chief rabbis of Israel sold all of the chametz (leavened foods) owned by the state to an Arab Israeli businessman in accordance with the laws of...

A reaffirmation of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate

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We pray every weekday, “On the righteous, on the devout, on the elders of Your people the family of Israel, on the remnant of their scholars, on the righteous converts and on ourselves: May...
A discussion and a vote on the IDF Pension law, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 28, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Conversion bill delayed, but tensions over issues associated with Jewish law remain

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The Knesset, which was to vote to revamp rules regarding Jewish conversion, has delayed the bill until the start of its summer session in May due to the political sensitivity of the issue. The...
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau attends a ceremony on the first night of Hanukkah, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Nov. 28, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi: ‘The Knesset won’t decide who is a Jew’

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“I’m still a little weak. A few days ago I got over COVID,” Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau apologizes at the beginning of a conversation with Israel Hayom. A few hundreds meters from the bustling...
Israeli artistic gymnast and gold medalist Artem Dolgopyat, Aug. 1, 2021. Source: Israel Olympic Committee via Facebook.

No easy fix for Israel’s gold-medal civil marriage dilemma

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It was an epic Olympic Games for Israel. The Jewish state’s team brought home a record four medals from the Tokyo Olympiad, including two that were gold. For a small country that, thanks to...
Representatives of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel deliver a kashrut certificate to a local restaurant, in central Jerusalem, on Dec. 31, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate up in arms over kashrut reform plan

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Israel’s Chief Rabbinate announced on Tuesday that it plans to fight a reform seeking to strip it of its absolute authority to award businesses kashrut certificates. The reform, announced by Israeli Religious Services Minister Matan...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with Minister of Justice Gideon Saar during a swearing in ceremony of new Israeli parliament members at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 16, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Will the Bennett-Lapid government have the political power to address Israel’s most contentious issues?

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Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett was sworn in as Israel’s 13th prime minister on Sunday evening with a razor-thin 60 Knesset member majority. At the same time, Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid was...
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a Shas Party election rally at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem on Feb. 29, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli leaders condemn communal violence across towns, cities in Jewish state

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Israeli political leaders condemned communal Arab-Jewish violence raging across Israeli cities and communities on Wednesday, and called for calm. “What is happening in Israel’s cities over the past few days is unacceptable,” Israeli Prime Minister...
Rabbi Benny Lau. Credit: Spokesperson unit of the President of Israel.

Same-sex couples may become parents, Israeli Orthodox rabbi rules

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A religious-Zionist rabbi has decided to tackle a hot-button issue—couples from the LGBTQ+ community raising families. On Saturday night, Rabbi Benny Lau, formerly of the Ramban Synagogue in Jerusalem. published a document—“Couplehood and Relationships for...