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January 11, 2021, 1:12 am
Amid virus crisis, lockdowns, Jewish Israelis saw drop in divorce rate in 2020
Rabbinical court reports number of case files opened also decreased compared to 2019, saying trend should be ‘welcomed’
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TOI staff
September 12, 2020, 5:49 pm
AG’s office said to warn chief rabbi he risks contempt of court in graft affair
Rabbi David Lau has reportedly halted the work of a panel investigating corruption in religious trusts, in contravention of agreements with Supreme Court
By
TOI staff
June 7, 2020, 11:52 am
Man charged with setting off bombs in 6 religious courts
Zion Cohen accused of dressing as homeless person to set explosive charges in attempt to stop services to secular public, seeking to separate synagogue and state
By
TOI staff
February 5, 2020, 2:33 pm
Infamous divorce refuser who fled Israel returns after 4 years, is arrested
Case of Oded Guez has set precedents, with state rabbinate publicizing his name to pressure him; after his 2016 escape under false identity, marriage was annulled in rare step
By
Michael Bachner
December 3, 2019, 5:35 pm
Sale of Bergen-Belsen ledger of eyewitness accounts of Jewish deaths put on hold
Association of survivors of Nazi camp had denounced planned auction as ‘trade in the Holocaust,’ saying documents don’t belong in private hands
By
Marcy Oster
June 1, 2019, 11:37 am
Tel Aviv rabbinical court uses loophole to allow divorced woman to marry a kohen
Though Jewish law says a divorced women can’t marry descendant of priestly class, advocacy organization helps void woman’s first wedding, finding that the witnesses were related
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
May 30, 2019, 10:15 pm
Top rabbi blows lid off rabbinic scandal, rocking national religious public
Shmuel Eliyahu accuses spiritual leader Shmuel Tal of having inappropriate relationships with female followers, justifying them by claiming ‘holy spirit’ was revealed to him
By
Jacob Magid
April 17, 2019, 11:45 pm
Rabbinical court rejects man’s Jewishness, 23 years after approving his sister’s
ITIM organization protests decision in letter to chief rabbi, says judge rejected Beit Din of America letter attesting to man’s religion
By
Marissa Newman
April 4, 2019, 9:35 am
Jerusalem woman finally gets Jewish divorce after husband fired from job, jailed
With help from legal aid center, Ilana, an immigrant from India, is granted a ‘get’ after sanctions by rabbinical court
By
Marcy Oster
November 27, 2018, 5:32 pm
Rabbinic court awards custody to father suspected of sexually abusing his kids
Attorney for mother says judges gave no reason for ruling, which Rabbinical Courts Administration says was made ‘in accordance with the well-being of the children’
By
TOI staff
October 3, 2018, 4:36 pm
In rare move, rabbinical court sanctions woman for refusing divorce
Haifa teacher placed on leave by Education Ministry, barred from leaving country, has driver’s license suspended; court threatens to release her name, have her jailed
By
Marissa Newman
August 6, 2018, 4:00 am
For first time, Israeli rabbinic court appoints woman to senior position
The naming of Shira Ben-Eli as a judicial assistant comes nearly two years after a lawsuit calling for equality in Jewish religious courts, particularly for non-rabbinic positions
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JTA
June 25, 2018, 9:49 pm
Non-Israeli ‘chained’ women can now pursue divorce in Israel
Knesset passes 3-year law giving rabbinical courts international jurisdiction and sanction power over Jewish divorce-refusers, under certain conditions
By
Marissa Newman
May 30, 2018, 5:52 pm
Diaspora rabbinical judges could have to take exams to get Chief Rabbinate’s OK
State-run religious authority releases proposed guidelines for recognition of Orthodox rabbinical courts abroad; activists slam ‘unprecedented power grab’
By
Marissa Newman
May 28, 2018, 10:04 pm
Venice’s chief rabbi takes row with Israeli Rabbinate to Knesset
Scialom Bahbout protests Chief Rabbinate’s refusal to recognize his conversions, says argument ‘nearby’ rabbinical courts in Rome, Milan are sufficient doesn’t hold water
By
Marissa Newman
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