Posts Tagged: Israel Chief Rabbi
Setting the Record Straight on David Lau and Pittsburgh
A negative narrative that is rapidly gaining currency in the media concerns a broadening rift between Israeli and American Jews, caused by Israel’s Orthodox rabbinate...
Proposed Plan Takes a Bite out of Israeli Rabbinate’s Kashrut Role
The Israeli Supreme Court recently ruled that privately supervised kosher eateries cannot use the word “kosher” in their restaurants. The Chief Rabbinate, the ultra-Orthodox religious...
Israeli’s Chief Rabbinate Wants to Become the Vatican
The tensions created by the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate within Israeli society have extended to the Diaspora and are now undermining relations with the Jewish state. Ironically,...
Israel’s First Chief Rabbi Saw Jews, Christians Working Together to Bring Messiah
BreakingIsraelNews.com/JNS.org- Rabbi Abraham Issac HaCohen Kook, who passed away 80 years ago this week on the Hebrew calendar, was a powerful force in the beginning of...
The Theocracy of Israel’s Rabbinate
I have always felt that in a democracy, it should not be the role of a state to impose personal religious practices on its citizens....
Why is it So Difficult for Jews to Find the Positive?
This is the time of year for travel! One of the most visited tourist sites worldwide is the Vatican. According to the Wall Street Journal,...
Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Lau Urges Restraint After Murders
Arutz Sheva - Rabbi David Lau, the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, on Wednesday called on Israelis to exercise restraint amid calls for revenge on Arabs over the...
New Israeli Chief Rabbi Visits U.S. in First Official Trip
Arutz Sheva - This past week, Religious Zionists of America (RZA) sponsored the first official visit to the United States by the Chief Rabbi of...
Lau Opposes Effort to Merge Chief Rabbinate
Ynet - The Chief Rabbi launched a verbal attack against a bill which aims to merge the dual position of chief rabbi. The bill, currently...
Politics, Power, and Corrupt Chief Rabbis
I have never been a fan of chief rabbis. Anyone appointed by committees, politicians, or bureaucrats is suspect in my eyes. Perhaps my antipathy is...
Israeli Chief Rabbi Visits Berlin to Engage Germans on Circumcision Issue
Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger is in Berlin today to help with an ongoing debate in Germany over the risks and legality of circumcision procedures. A...
Former Chief Rabbi Visits Grave of His Holocaust Rescuer
Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau visited the grave of his Holocaust savior on Aug. 10 in Rostov, Russia, the Lubavitch News Service reported. Feodore...
Chief Rabbi Wants Kosher Rating System for Hotels
Israel's chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, is in the process of formulating and attempting to implement a system that will rank hotels in the Jewish state...
