That is why the idea that each city is to be seen as a separate entity creates a massive problem [so we have created a balance on this delicate issue between a municipal rabbi's range of independence and his adherence to the Chief Rabbinate's nationwide purview]. On the other hand, it...
This article investigates the place of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate in the formation of Israel's national symbolic language during the country's first Independence Days. My main argument is that, like other state churches, the Rabbinate act as an important agent of memory that imparts collective...
Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau British rabbis have condemned a so-called “blacklist” published in the name of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate of those it deems unworthy of verifying Jewish identity. Rabbis from no less than 24 countries, including the UK, are named, among “Rabbi Bl...
To all appearances, the Lavies are a normal, middle-class, non-religious family, struggling...Princegibson, Eetta
but to the Orthodox Rabbinates of Israel, one remains non-Jewish. There is noguarantee that one will be recognized as a Jew, even though one commits to a lifegoverned by commandments and prohibitions. It is not easy to become a Jew, tobe a Jew, or even to remain a Jew.⁵Initially...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The Rabbanut will have an impact by virtue...Fischer, Elli
Foreign Ashes in Sovereign Space: Cremation and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, 19311990doi:10.1628/094457016X14857738056082Adam FerzigerMohr SiebeckJewish Studies Quarterly
Redefining the Rabbinate: Women Rabbis in Israel and the United StatesMillstein, ZoeJournal of Theta Alpha Kappa
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