Knesset blocks private bodies from issues kashrut certification
The Knesset voted early Wednesday to repeal the 2021 kashrut reform, blocking private bodies from issuing official kashrut…
Tzohar urges High Court to uphold kashrut license
Tzohar asked the High Court of Justice on Thursday to reject the state’s attempt to invalidate its newly…
State given until Tuesday to respond to Tzohar kashrut-license dispute
The High Court of Justice gave the state until the end of Tuesday to respond to Tzohar Kashrut’s…
Rabbinate approves — then disputes — alternative Tzohar kosher certification in landmark ruling
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate appeared on Thursday to authorize the liberal Tzohar Rabbinical Organization to issue kashrut certifications…
Bnei Menashe’s return to Israel fulfills an ancient promise
There are moments when the lofty notion of Jewish history ceases to feel abstract and instead hits us…
3 women take Chief Rabbinate exam for first time in history, after delay ended by court order
For the first time in Israel’s history, and thanks to a High Court emergency injunction that ended a…
Chief Rabbinate gains authority over Kotel in new bill
The Knesset plenum passed, in a preliminary reading on Wednesday, a controversial bill that seeks to grant the…
Coalition bill to give Rabbinate Kotel power
Multiple coalition parties pledged on Sunday to advance a bill sponsored by MK Avi Maoz (Noam) that would…