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Female candidates take a rabbinical test administered by the Chief Rabbinate at the Religious Services Ministry in Jerusalem on April 27, 2026. (Chief Rabbinate)
May 25, 2026, 5:12 pm
Chief Rabbinate scraps session of rabbinical tests required to be open to women
Modern Orthodox rabbi says decision ‘sends a deeply troubling message’; Rabbinate spokesperson claims test will be administered in the fall
By Rossella Tercatin
Jewish worshipers seen at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, northern Israel, after Lag B'Omer celebrations were canceled, May 3, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 4, 2026, 5:39 am
Police brace for unrest at Meron pilgrimage site after drastic cutbacks to Lag B’Omer revelry
Amid war-related security concerns, cops block roads, but don’t vacate thousands already at northern shrine; unknown group tells Haredim to arm themselves with pepper spray, tasers; alternate bonfire lightings planned in Jerusalem
By Charlie Summers
Eyal Tzionov, a TikTok personality who dresses up as the Sephardic chief rabbi, sits in the audience of Israel's annual Independence Day torch-lighting on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 21, 2026. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 22, 2026, 4:16 pm
TikToker dressed as chief rabbi stirs confusion at Independence event
Self-styled messiah Eyal Tzionov has ascended Temple Mount and attended rally in support of Ben Gvir clad in Sephardic chief rabbi’s iconic robe and turban, baffling authorities
By ToI Staff
Jews read the Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther) on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Purim, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on March 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 2, 2026, 4:44 pm
From Zoom megillahs to sirens during reading, all you need to know about Purim at war
In light of the emergency situation, Israel’s Home Front Command has banned public gatherings, including recitations of the Book of Esther. Leading rabbis weigh in on how to celebrate
By Rossella Tercatin
A boy celebrates his bar mitzvah on the egalitarian Ezrat Israel plaza near the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel on June 19, 2023. (Courtesy of the Masorti Movement in Israel)
February 17, 2026, 8:21 am
High Court to hold hearing on Western Wall egalitarian services for first time in years
Liberal Jewish groups seek to ensure full rights for egalitarian prayers despite ultra-Orthodox opposition, long after government nixed compromise on the matter
By Rossella Tercatin
Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz (center) one of the female Torah scholars who has petitioned the High Court of Justice to be allowed to take the rabbinical tests administered by the Chief Rabbinate. (Ayelet Landau/Gluya Magazine)
February 11, 2026, 10:29 pm
Following years of legal battles, Chief Rabbinate opens rabbinical tests to women
Petitioners who first asked the High Court of Justice to intervene in 2019 hail the move, but the Rabbinate also announces it will conduct a comprehensive reform of the system
By Rossella Tercatin
Shira Gvili, sister of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, whose remains were finally brought back to Israel on January 26, reacts by the casket during his funeral in the southern town of Meitar on January 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg / POOL / AFP)
January 28, 2026, 7:34 pm
Grieving family lays last hostage Ran Gvili to rest, closing chapter for anguished nation
‘All the laughter is gone,’ sister says in tearful eulogy as family tells mourners of pride in policeman killed in Oct. 7 attack; Herzog: Healing can now begin; PM attends funeral of a hostage for first time
By Jessica Steinberg
Rabbi Kalman Ber attends a vote for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 13, 2025, 1:50 pm
Chief rabbis call on public to adhere to IDF guidelines, stay home from synagogues
Shas party’s ruling Council of Torah Sages calls on Israelis to pray and for yeshiva students to increase their Torah study, without specifying if people should adhere to rules
By Rossella Tercatin and Sam Sokol
The Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court seen on August 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90/ File)
March 6, 2025, 12:53 pm
Half of Israelis in rabbinical courts say they were wronged – survey
According to a study by the ITIM nonprofit, one in five Israelis also report their connection to Judaism was negatively impacted by the experience
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, in photos released on October 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 10, 2024, 10:47 pm
New top Sephardic rabbi backs rulings that soldiers in combat must eat on Yom Kippur
Seeking to allay concerns of ultra-Orthodox troops in Gaza, David Yosef notes existing protocols barring them from fasting, says when in doubt they should turn to IDF rabbis
By Mati Wagner
A screen grab of Rabbi David Yosef, December 2022. (Screen grab via Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 27, 2022, 3:42 am
Shas spiritual figure vows party will not push bills that ‘harm’ secular Israelis
Rabbi David Yosef, member of Shas’ Council of Torah Sages and a son of late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, says he wants to ‘calm secular people down’
By ToI Staff
Screenshot of Rabbi David Yosef criticizing MK Yehuda Glick during his weekly recorded sermon, broadcast on Kikar HaShabbat on January 17, 2018.
January 18, 2018, 1:59 am
Shas rabbi pans Likud MK for putting wife’s death above Knesset vote on Shabbat
David Yosef accuses Yehudah Glick of following ‘twisted religion’ for staying away from planned vote on convenience store closures because he had just buried his wife
By Sue Surkes
Former Or Yehuda mayor David Yosef arrives at Tel Aviv District Court, December 5, 2016. (Flash90)
December 20, 2017, 12:57 pm
Supreme Court tacks 14 months onto term of disgraced ex-mayor
Prosecution had argued original two-year sentence wasn’t enough for fraud, sexual crimes committed by Or Yehuda’s David Yosef
By ToI Staff
Former Or Yehuda mayor David Yosef arrives at Tel Aviv District Court, December 5, 2016. (Flash90)
December 6, 2016, 11:49 am
Ex-mayor convicted of sex offenses, naming street for mistress
David Yosef of Or Yehuda harassed dozens of women who worked at city hall, and fired some who rejected his advances
By ToI Staff and AP
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