Showing posts with label Chief Rabbinate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chief Rabbinate. Show all posts
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Israel's High Court Orders Government To Explain Its Inaction Against Top Rabbi's Hateful Remarks

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  Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post  report that on Tuesday Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, issued a tem...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Israel's Chief Rabbinate Urged To Allow DNA Evidence To Prove Jewish Descent In Some Cases

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In Israel, the official Chief Rabbinate determines whether a person is Jewish under Orthodox Jewish religious law.  This determination is re...
Monday, January 02, 2017

Israeli Former Chief Rabbi Reaches Plea Deal In Bribery Case

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Times of Israel reported last week that Israel's former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yona Metzger has reached a plea deal with Israeli prosecu...
Friday, January 08, 2016

Israeli Civil Court Orders Chief Rabbinate To Release List of Foreign Rabbis Whose Testimony It Will Accept

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In Israel on Wednesday, Jerusalem district court Judge Nava Ben-Or ordered Israel's Chief Rabbinate to release its internal list of rabb...
Monday, March 09, 2015

Israel's Rabbinate Loosens Religious Constraints On Hotels

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In Israel, the chief rabbinate, under pressure from the organization  Hiddush that promotes freedom of religion, has lifted a number of non-...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Indicted For Bribery

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YNet News reported yesterday that Israel's former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yonna Metzger has been indicted for bribery, fraud and money la...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Arrested On Bribery Charges

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In Israel, the country's former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger was arrested by police today on charges of bribery, money laundering,...