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Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, third from bottom right, meets with Jeffrey Schwartz, third from left, at the Jeffrey D. Schwartz Jewish Community Center in Taipei, in February 2023. (Courtesy of the Jeffrey D. Schwartz and Na Tang Jewish Taiwan Cultural Association)
March 2, 2023, 8:50 am
Israeli chief rabbi visits Taiwan in milestone for country’s Jewish community
David Lau participates in ceremony dedicating cultural center, attends regional summit of rabbis, meets with Taiwanese officials; says impressed by locals’ dedication to tradition
By Jordyn Haime
Israeli rescue personnel rescue a 9-year-old boy from under rubble in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, late February 10, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 11, 2023, 12:42 am
IDF rescuers in Turkey pull 9-year-old boy from rubble, 120 hours after quake
Survivor’s sister and father were rescued by Israelis earlier in the week; chief rabbi says Israel’s search crews should work through Shabbat to save lives
By Emanuel Fabian
Screen capture from video of light fittings in Israel that were shaken by a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria, February 6, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 6, 2023, 10:06 pm
Witnesses recount how quakes rattled Israel, sent hundreds fleeing buildings
Health Ministry warns residents in Beit She’an area to boil water as temblors disturbed groundwater; Turkish rabbi reports two Jews missing near border with Syria
By ToI Staff
An encased thin-cut, cultivated steak made by Israeli food tech startup Aleph Farms seen at the company's office in Rehovot, November 2021. (Times of Israel staff)
January 19, 2023, 4:13 pm
Kosher cheeseburgers? Chief rabbi rules some cultured meat may not be ‘fleishig’
Rabbi David Lau says beef cultivated from stem cells could be considered ‘pareve’ if it’s marketed as a meat alternative, but not if it claims to be the real deal
By Judah Ari Gross
Deputy Minister Avi Maoz, right, meets with Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, center-left, in the latter's office in Jerusalem on January 11, 2023. (Avi Maoz's Office)
January 12, 2023, 5:32 am
Maoz looks to involve Rabbinate in determining Jewishness of would-be immigrants
As head of Nativ, which checks citizenship eligibility in FSU, far-right lawmaker seems to be trying to make process harder so as to keep out those who are not halachically Jewish
By Judah Ari Gross
Former and current students attend the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Druckman in Merkaz Shapira in central Israel on December 26, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2022, 1:29 pm
‘One of the great rabbis of Israel’: Religious Zionist Rabbi Chaim Druckman mourned
Thousands of people brave rainy weather to attend funeral of influential spiritual leader of the national religious community, who died Sunday at 90
By Judah Ari Gross
Rabbi Chaim Druckman during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 26, 2022, 10:13 am
Roads closed in south ahead of Druckman funeral; hundreds of police deployed
Spiritual leader of political religious Zionism to be eulogized by Netanyahu, Herzog, Smotrich, chief rabbi and leading religious figures
By ToI Staff
Head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, the night before the Israeli general elections, October 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 27, 2022, 2:23 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 27: Changes to Law of Return & a missed moment for Diaspora Jews
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian with updates on Jerusalem bombings and violence in Hebron; Diaspora and religion reporter Judah Ari Gross on Minister Nachman Shai’s regrets
By ToI Staff
Chief Rabbi David Lau speaks at a Chabad event in New Jersey on November 20, 2022. (Screen capture: Chabad)
November 21, 2022, 7:37 pm
Chief rabbi calls for government to change immigration law to keep non-Jews out
Speaking at New Jersey event, David Lau echoes comments by Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who said incoming government could offer chance to ‘amend the law on who is a Jew’
By Judah Ari Gross
Student getting hands-on experience in Emergency Medicine Course at the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) at Soroka Medical Center. (Courtesy MSIH)
August 23, 2022, 2:02 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 23: US med school programs closing in Israel; PA push at the UN
US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses a new Palestinian bid for UN membership; Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross talks of seeking to become a Jew, or a doctor, in Israel
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau visits the Neve Shmuel High School in Efrat, on October 17, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
August 23, 2022, 2:37 am
Chief rabbi held up conversions as leverage against government reform, group claims
Lau only started signing documents once coalition’s reforms fell apart, according to religious rights group Itim; chief rabbi confirms faster pace but denies political motivations
By Judah Ari Gross
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau at the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 21, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 7, 2022, 1:26 am
Court curbs chief rabbi’s power to name judges after conflict of interest complaints
Move forces David Lau to consult with legal adviser, who has raised concerns over method top rabbi used to extend term of brother-in-law on religious bench
By Judah Ari Gross
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visits the Siret crossing on Romania's border with Ukraine, March 13, 2022. (Government Press Office)
March 13, 2022, 6:08 pm
Lapid: Israel has moral duty to let in more non-Jews; ‘unforgivable’ airport scenes
Touring Romania-Ukraine border region, FM says country should be ‘much more generous’; Labor MK Kariv: Entry cap put in place due to ‘nationalist ideology’
By ToI Staff
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich holding a banner saying 'Say No to Antisemitism' in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 2021. (Courtesy: Chelsea FC/President Rivlin/GPO)
February 27, 2022, 7:53 am
Yad Vashem, chief rabbi urged US not to sanction Roman Abramovich
Holocaust museum, others sent Feb. 6 letter to US envoy saying action against billionaire philanthropist over expected Russian invasion would negatively impact Israel, Jewish world
By ToI Staff
Head of the Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a rally against the government in Tel Aviv, November 2, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 10, 2022, 12:02 am
Top UK Jewish body tells visiting far-right MK Smotrich to ‘get back on a plane’
In a Hebrew tweet, the Board of Deputies of British Jews says it rejects Religious Zionism lawmaker’s ‘abominable views and hate-provoking ideology’
By ToI Staff
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