Jerusalem – Keeping Kosher: It May Be Bad For Your Economic Health
Jerusalem – Behind Israel’s food and tourism industries thrives a parallel economy run by rabbis and a legion of inspectors whose business it is to make sure everything is kosher.
Jerusalem – Ivanka Trump Is Jewish After All Says Chief Rabbinate
In the wake of several high-profile controversies in which Orthodox converts from the US were rejected by the Israeli rabbinical courts and the Chief Rabbinate, Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef announced on Wednesday that the recognition process is now set for “serious reform.”
Israeli Rabbis Challenge Clergyman Who Converted Ivanka Trump To Judaism
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate cuts slack to no one, not even if you are the daughter of a man who may become the next president of the United States.
Israeli Rabbinical Court Punishes American For Son’s Divorce Refusal
In a first ruling of its kind, Israeli rabbinical authorities have seized the passport of an American businessman and barred him from leaving the country for more than a year claiming he is responsible for his son’s refusal to grant his wife a divorce.
Israeli Rabbinical Court Could Pursue Criminal Charges Against Divorce Refusers
A Jewish man who refuses to divorce his wife in defiance of a rabbinical court order to do so will be liable to face criminal charges in the future, according to a policy change announced on Monday by State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan.
Israel Investigates Parents of Hasidic Man Denying Wife Divorce
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit has ordered a criminal investigation against the parents of a man hiding abroad and denying his wife a divorce on suspicion they are abetting a crime by helping their son violate a ruling of an Israeli rabbinical court.
Israel – Kosher’ And Non-kosher Meat Products Made In Same Factory Under Jerusalem Rabbinate Supervision
A severe incident of kashrut fraud has come to light in which meat that in all likelihood was not kosher was used to make processed meat products such as sausages, salamis and cold cuts with a kashrut license from the Jerusalem Rabbinate.
Is Agunah Tamar Epstein’s Remarriage Legal Without Orthodox Divorce?
Tamar Epstein, the prominent “chained woman” whose right to remarry under traditional Jewish law was long stymied, may have finally found two Orthodox rabbis willing to help her wed again. But her fate in the broader Jewish community — and the fate of any children she may have — is anything but ensured.
High Court Should Deal With Traffic Violations Not Jewish Law, Says Sephardi Chief Rabbi
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has spoken out strongly against the High Court of Justice after legal pressure that forced the Religious Services Ministry to change its regulations to allow women to immerse in public mikvaot without the presence of a mikve attendant.
Haredi Father Who Blocked Son’s Divorce Given Prison Sentence
A haredi man who urged his son to withhold a divorce from his wife must serve time in prison, after he lost his appeal to Israel’s highest rabbinical court.