Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef emphasized that violence against women is a serious act that violates the Torah, and that ...

Twenty-one new rabbinical judges (or dayanim in Hebrew) were appointed on Sunday, the first such appointments in seven years. While the Chief Rabbinate praised the development as a significant ...

Israel’s Chief Rabbis issued a strong statement condemning the Supreme Court’s intervention in matters related to rabbinical ...

A group of 140 religious and civic leaders were voting Sunday in Jerusalem to pick Israel’s two new chief rabbis for the next decade, positions that have been officially vacant since July amid fierce ...

Israel’s two chief rabbis stepped down from their posts this week, leaving the positions officially vacant for the first time in more than a century as the government has failed to set a date for ...

(JTA) — Israel’s two chief rabbis stepped down from their posts this week, leaving the positions officially vacant for the first time in more than a century as the government has failed to set a date ...

The mass arrests in the New Jersey corruption scandal last week were big news — in Israel. Images of prominent rabbis and Jewish businessmen being cuffed and arrested after morning prayers filled the ...