The position of chief rabbi, which has a ten-year tenure, has become a political tool and the province of members of a few elite families who monopolize it.
The state-religious infrastructure has been used systematically to build a political power base.
Instead of passing laws that help the people and the nation, its members are focused on helping themselves, or in the case of the chief rabbinate, one of their brothers.
The Sephardi chief rabbi has attacked Ben-Gvir for the minister's activism for Temple Mount visits in the past.
Biton made the comments during a verbal scuffle between Labor Party MK Gilad Kariv and ultra-Orthodox coalition members.
According to Israeli law, the chief rabbis serve for 10 years, and religious councils for five years.
This week, it became blatantly clear that the more extreme elements of religious Zionism have yet to recognize the valuable and even crucial contribution women can make.
Chief rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef were set to end their 10-year terms at the Chief Rabbinate in 2023.
This award was given to Gurevich while Russia is currently at war with Ukraine and a very sensitive time for Jews in Russia.
South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein’s book challenges readers to observe Shabbat.
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