Rabbinical court
The rabbinate as an extra-territorial entity - opinion
The rabbinical courts operate according to their own internal rules, with virtually no external oversight.
Once, Jews defended themselves to survive. Now this reflects defeat - opinion
Woman receives Jewish divorce after three-year struggle following financial pressure on husband
Shas-backed Zevadia Cohen elected Tel Aviv chief rabbi after High Court delays, political battle
Chief Rabbinate must disclose communications with RCA over testimonials
Controversy has long surrounded the way the Chief Rabbinate decides which Orthodox rabbis abroad it recognizes to give such testimony and it has still never provided clear criteria for this process.
Is the Rabbinical Court’s best good enough?
The Rabbinical Court must set itself free to set the agunot free.
Rabbinical courts' use of polygraphs in divorce proceedings ‘unnecessary’
A women's rights organization expressed concern regarding the use of polygraphs tests by the rabbinical courts in divorce proceedings.
Rabbinical court retroactively invalidates decade-old conversion
According to the rabbinical court ruling, the woman met her partner during her military service while she was still studying for conversion in the IDF’s conversion program.
Rabbinic ruling: Families of Ethiopian Airlines victims can sit shiva
Widows of the two Israelis killed in the the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 must wait “several months” for identification of body parts to be released from their agunot status.
Rabbinical court tells Egged to fire worker for refusing to grant divorce
The couple in question, whose names cannot be disclosed, immigrated to Israel from India several years ago with their only child.
Prevention of the classic ‘aguna’
The problem of a spouse, whether the husband or the wife, refusing to sever the bonds of marriage in accordance with Jewish law even at the marriage’s end, is unfortunately all too common.
Man permitted to marry second wife after first wife absconds with child
The husband opened divorce proceedings with the Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court but the woman did not respond to the divorce suit.
Woman fined by Rabbinical Court for seeking police assistance
Ex-husband allegedly owes NIS 100,000 in child support payments and harassed his former wife and her partner.
Freedom is not with the Rabbinical Court
Freedom is not with the Rabbinical Court – but in the hands of the husband and his father.