Tag: Rabbis Blacklist
I’m an American rabbi. Israel no longer recognizes my religious authority
When I discovered this past week that I was one of the 160 rabbis officially not to be trusted by the Israeli Orthodox rabbinate, I had an uncanny flashback to an earlier sensation.
I was 19,...
160 Rabbis from Diaspora on Israeli Rabbinate ‘Blacklist’
In another episode that is expected to create further angst from many Jewish leaders in the Diaspora towards the Jewish state, Israel’s Chief Rabbinate was revealed to have a “blacklist” of some 160 Rabbis...