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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

Jerusalem Rabbinate

Customers sitting at Cafe Kadosh in Jerusalem, May 2020. The restaurant is one of hundreds in Israel that has opted for kosher certification outside the auspices of Israel's Chief Rabbinate. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2022, 5:56 am
As kashrut reform takes hold, businesses put their money where the mouths are
Now free to switch overseeing agencies, food establishment owners say they’ll do so only if it’s good for business — and it often isn’t
By Jessica Steinberg
Crave Jerusalem's 'facon' duck bacon on its Black Forest Special (Courtesy Crave)
January 21, 2022, 2:20 pm
Podcast: Can fakin’ bacon and moon-shaped croissants be called kosher?
Times Will Tell takes a closer look at the first step of Israel’s reforms in the kosher supervision system, and who’s making the decisions
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A cook prepares a dish on a stove. (iStock by Getty Images)
June 29, 2020, 10:44 pm
Kosher overseer said to revoke Jerusalem restaurant’s certificate over Arab cook
Calls on social media to support ‘Kalo’; owner says rabbinate supervisor demanded non-Jewish employee be barred from using induction stove
By ToI Staff
Amanda B. Dan
June 26, 2018, 8:51 am
Amanda B. Dan
The day a ‘hand vagina’ made this bride blush
Or how an Orthodox rebbetzin made this secular Israeli bride blush
Illustrative: A man stands outside the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 31, 2017, 11:42 pm
Jerusalem rabbinical court refuses to grant couple a ‘get’ until prenup voided
Penalizing a man for refusing to grant his wife a divorce constitutes coercion, ruling states, even if both parties agree to such a stipulation
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative image of a Christmas tree (CC BY Johnny Lai, Flickr)
December 20, 2016, 2:40 pm
Jerusalem rabbis instruct hotels to drop Christmas trees
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate says the city’s directive, which also takes aim at New Year’s parties, is a ‘private initiative’
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of a bride and groom taking portraits prior to their wedding, in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2015. (Flash90)
August 17, 2016, 6:11 pm
Jerusalem rabbis: Limit grooms’ alimony vow to 1 million shekels
Rabbincal court’s quest to cap prenuptial pledges comes as another group tries to make it easier for women to get divorces
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man stands outside the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 19, 2015, 9:19 pm
Facebook post helps ‘chained’ woman win her freedom
A woman who waited 4 years for her divorce was almost denied by the religious court — until a women’s social media group came to the rescue
By Rahel Jaskow
Illustrative photo of a wedding (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 3, 2014, 3:17 pm
‘Avi Weiss not the only US Orthodox rabbi rejected by Israel’s rabbinate’
Critics see a growing trend in Israeli chief rabbinate to question legitimacy of overseas rabbis, and warn of divisive repercussions
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The traditional kosher certificates will become electronic in the new system (Courtesy Jerusalem Kosher News)
November 28, 2012, 5:45 pm
The battle over kosher Jerusalem
Five restaurants head to court against the rabbinate
By Jessica Steinberg
Jonathan Vadei, owner of the 'alternatively-kosher' Carousela, has just won a legal battle (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 1, 2012, 9:51 pm
Jerusalem restaurants scrambled up by rabbinate’s kashrut monopoly
A group of kosher capital eatery owners plan a get-together Friday to say they’ve had enough of expensive, sloppy oversight
By Jessica Steinberg
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