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Tag Archives: Chief Rabbinate
65% of Israelis favor dissolution of Chief Rabbinate, increasingly a Jewish Vatican
ISRAEL HAYOM Israeli Chief Rabbinate seeks to emulate role of the Vatican by Isi Leibler January 14, 2016 The tensions created by the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate within Israeli society have extended to the Diaspora and are now undermining relations with … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Chief Rabbinate, Diaspora, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, Isi Leibler, Orthodox, Reform
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Disband the disgraceful Chief Rabbinate
ISRAEL HAYOM by Isi Leibler September 1, 2015 I rubbed my eyes in disbelief when I read that Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has extended the ban on television and computers by decreeing that anyone using the “abomination” of smartphones … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Chief Rabbinate, Orthodox, Orthodox Jews, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef
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Risking jail, two Orthodox rabbis admit to performing non-rabbinate marriages
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff July 11, 2015 At least two Israeli Orthodox rabbis have begun performing wedding ceremonies for Israeli Jews outside the official framework of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, knowingly breaking the law, in an expression of opposition to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chief Rabbinate, halacha, Orthodox, Rabbi Charles Davidson, Rabbi Dr. Michael Abraham, Rabbi Elli Fischer
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