Tag: David Lau
Israeli chief rabbi inaugurates Latin American Rabbinical Conference
Israel's chief rabbi was in Bueno Aires on Wednesday to inaugurate the Latin American Rabbinical Conference.
The founding Torah scroll was signed in Argentina's capital in the presence of David Lau, who has served as Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi...
‘We will not accept converts under new reform,’ Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi warns
Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef harshly criticized Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana on Tuesday for spearheading conversion and kashrut reforms Yosef claims go against Jewish law.
Speaking at a massive rabbinical gathering, Yosef accused...
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi: ‘The Knesset won’t decide who is a Jew’
“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...
Next generation of Orthodox Jewish leaders pledge support and action on behalf of Israel
Delegates from the Religious Zionists of America (RZA)-Mizrachi rabbinic and communal leadership mission returned home with renewed energy to advocate for the Jewish state and call on their local communities and politicians to act on behalf...
Israel’s High Court: Reform, Conservative conversions in Israel valid for ‘Law of Return’
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday issued a bombshell ruling that recognized conversions by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel, therefore enabling Israeli citizenship under the “Law of Return.”
The 8-1 ruling, which ended...
Israel’s chief rabbi, IDF chief of staff roll up sleeves for COVID-19 jab
In an attempt to persuade Israelis to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, a number of public figures in the country—among them Chief Rabbi David Lau, Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein and Israel Defense...